I Am Not Your Prophet

jgkojak

From a poem I wrote in the late 80s...

Demo: https://suno.com/song/588d32f7-1e15-4229-9ab1-289918a39cc9

I put on a rock beat and sung the words then used SUNO to built around what I sung

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I AM NOT YOUR PROPHET

[Verse 1]

I'm not your prophet, crackpot heretic

Only in religion can you spread it on so thick

I respond to the hunger, enforce my forgiveness

But Jesus can't exist if forgiving's not my business

I am not your prophet

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]

I'm not your prophet, alone I have no savior

I'm belittled by commandments, my control for good behavior

I can't control the anger, be responsible for the rage

God died in war years ago in a long forgotten age

I am not your prophet

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

I'm not your prophet, although my soul has died

You're blinded by religion and by the church in which you hide

Cowards of divinity, school in lessons of hate

Where science is a blasphemy, and blasphemy is fate

I am not your prophet

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]

I'm not your prophet

I'm not your prophet

[Verse 4]

I'm not your prophet and the truth will be revealed

A martyr with a crown of thorns, to the cross my hands I nail

I cannot crucify myself or crucify society

But what is the nature of my crime to set these people free

[Chorus]

I'm not your prophet

I'm not your prophet

Not your prophet

A crackpot heretic

Your prophet

bhengen

https://www.thesongwritersforum.com/vanilla/discussion/2507/i-am-not-your-prophet

A prophet speaks for God, a false prophet claims to speak for God, but doesn't. a heretic speaks contrary to Gods' words.

What does God dying have to do with your anger besides, how can an omnipotent being die? that makes no sense or are you confusing Jesus with God. Jesus isn't God, God is God and Jesus is a Christ.

What does the one have to do with the other - I respond to the hunger, enforce my forgiveness

Where did Jesus come from? besides Jesus will still exist regardless of whether or not forgiving is your business.

Where science is a blasphemy, and blasphemy is fate - how can saying something negative about the church be fate or not, sounds like a forced rhyme.

But what is the nature of my crime to set these people free - which crime and which people?

you have a lot of conclusions without premises and verses with no cohesive thought, which makes it difficult for the listener to follow

ElvisNash

Got the jist , basically a atheist song

RainyDayMan

I think the intro is a little long, and that's likely Suno rather than your choice. But the style and vibe seem a good match to the lyric.

It feels a little odd that someone would be thinking this man is their prophet, when he's clearly anti-religion. But it's easy to over think these things. It does make a good refrain.

I think the mood and emotion come through the strongest.