Understand Me

Yell at me,
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

I will not, not now, not ever
Embrace something I do not believe in.
No matter how far down my throat
You decide to shove your religion.

Yell at me,
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

This is my damn life.
I believe what I want to believe.
I see what I want to see.
Look into my eyes. Look.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want

Look through the windows into my soul--
“You don't deserve it!”
Deserve what? Life? Love? Happiness?
And what makes you think you do?

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

You all fight each other trying desperately to prove—
What? That yours is better than thiers?
If you look closely
Nobodies correct.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

No matter how many people you kill,
No matter how many times you prove yourself wrong,
None of you will ever overcome each other.
Believe what you want to believe.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

I disagree with your beliefs?
I’m not the only one.
“What do you mean?”
Ask your son.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

Just because I don't worship a god
You think you're better than me?
But your children—all of the children,
They’re learning to disbelieve.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

“Devil child!”
How many times must we tell you?
Nobody is correct.
Nobody knows what lay after death.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

You just don't get it.
Your bibles, your myths, your thoughts,
What gives you the right to shove it down my throat?
Or their throats?

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

Gay men.
Lesbian.
Transsexuals.
Bisexuals.

Yell at me.
Scold me.
Scream at me
All you want.

We all have a right to walk this earth.
We all have a right to marriage.
We all have a right to our own beliefs.
We all have rights.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

Pull your head up and out
And listen to your child
Don't talk.
Just listen.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want

“Mom…Dad…We need to talk.”
You're their parents.
What right have you to act as if they’re not yours?
Who cares if it goes against your religion?

Shut.
Your.
Mouth.
Now.

Listen to us.
You have your religion.
We have ours.
Though, we’ve learned a lesson from you.

Silence.
Silence.
Silence.
Silence.

Silence is bliss…
No. Not anymore.
Let’s be honest.
You knew this was coming.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

I'm sorry,
But I’ll live without a God for however long
I need.
Well, until death proves me wrong.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

Muslim.
Christian.
Catholic.
Jewish.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want.

Islam
Hindu
Buddah
Judah

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me
All you want

But I promise you one thing:
I’ll be whoever I am.
We’ll be whoever we are.
Living without a god.

Yell at me
Scold me
Scream at me—
Understand me.