This is another idea I've had for a while, but I've just gotten around to composing and writing it.  Aside:  So no one bitches, I did, indeed invent a word for this song.  The word Theocentricity doesn't work for the purpose of this lyric, so I took the old Latin word for faith "Religio" and jammed it against the suffix "centricity."  I think you get my drift.

Another aside:  The reason I've had this idea for more than six months without attempting it is that I'm nearing the end of this project.  I don't know why, but I always slow down toward the end of creative projects.  Perhaps it's just because I've enjoyed the ride and I know that the next project will be something different?  Anyway, another part of the reason is that I wasn't sure what stories I would tell, but as it turns out, I wrote this song the same way I wrote "Post-Apocalypse Panorama," "Last Hoorah," "Vintage TV Villain," and "Big Money."  It turns out that the best thing to do if you don't know what to do is to write a unique drum cadence.  Drum cadences are good creative Ex Lax. 

Lyrics:

After several centuries of struggling,
They finally figured out what they had to be.
They showered all their efforts into their seed,
And from the mud, built a society.

It wasn’t very long until they all agreed,
their cities were lightest. Their people were brightest.
They built themselves and army, and they misbehaved.
They tried to force the world to capitulate.

They said, “We are the apex of the human race.”
“Our tongue, you’ll learn.  Our laws obey.”
Following a round of failed diplomacy,
The missiles flew after you and me.

And when the smoke cleared,
There was nothing left at all.

Chorus:
Ethnocentricity
Bane of humanity.
The greatest lie we tell ourselves is we are better than our brothers.

Ethnocentricity
Greatest of monstrosities.
You have two arms.  You have two legs, and you are nothing less or more

Than any other man.  Any other man.

Every thousand years comes a selfless man.
Who guides his flock with a noble hand.
Teaches them forgiveness and self-reproach
To plant their souls, so they will grow.

Eventually he dies and the new guy cries
“Our boy was God” and then he lies.
“Follow all my rules; I am heaven’s seer.”
“All other faiths lead straight to hell.”

If you disagree, your blood will be upon you.

Religiocentricity
Divider of humanity.
What makes you think your God would want you to destroy all that he’s made?

Religiocentricity
Malevolent form of heresy.
Arbitrary schools of thought are always much more false than true.

Believe that which you can.
Don’t judge your fellow man.

You think that you should be number one in line
The most important one to get there on time.
You think that you’re deserving of a big fat raise
But not the other guy who does the same damn thing.
“All that matters
“in this world is me.”

Egocentricity.
Misguided demagoguery.
In denial you can’t grow.  You cannot learn if you’re not wrong.

Egocentricity.
Destroyer of a great psyche.
You set yourself apart until you’re dark and you are evil too.

Throw out -centricities.
Look for synchronicities.
God is talking.  You can see if you open your eyes.

Return to simplicity.
Look past all ethnicities.
On your own you’re incomplete; together you can change the world.

We have to make this right.  We have to make it right.

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