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“Passion Song #1” is one of the two songs I wrote for a Christian rock record that poked fun at musical tropes within the genre – a high-brow and pro-LGBT Steve Taylor, if you will. The song concerns a guy who converts to Jesus and aims to be the most stereotypical Christian ever, complete with bigotry and recycled David Crowder riffs that are merely just Jars of Clay songs with psalms laid over them.

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So, I was sprawled on my bed, looking through a book I found in my dresser drawer. Somebody’s clipped out what appeared to be half of the novel, save for a few wise words…and how they boldly spoke promises and impracticality, but I was in my nadir.

And on my face I went just to see him in my mind. And I slit my throat, suddenly hearing a new voice – he wasn’t all Geddy Lee, but more like Steve Taylor. Sign me up for the mailing list.

Before the inevitable change, I was so down on myself that I had to find a way out. Reliant on magazine subscriptions, I felt like my energy went away. And there I was that night in nothing on my bed and I finally got my glimpse. His words of wisdom, his act at the end – how can I pass on this new thing?

Am I obligated to take my words down a notch, fit into the crowd, and make songs fit praise, or can I drive in another direction – head on down the beaten road and slip in a little “fuck” to widen the technique?

But he has his new chain turned my music into a waste – I can’t truly express things on my mind. “It has to do with God,” he says, “don’t let those fags in the game because we know they aren’t right…neither are the kikes?”

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from Live at Ken's Steak House, released June 6, 2013

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Proprietary Pty. Dahlonega, Georgia

The folk and noise project of a Dahlonega native, also known by this unfortunate moniker.

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