Christ's Hard Wood...en Cross

Seabound have a track called Exorcise, which has a sample saying "Jesus Christ died with a hard-on" I couldn't find any info on where the sample came from, but a search of the lyrics brought up interesting results.

The band says that "The question... about the meaning of this song and whether it has any religious undertones... has been raised due to the... sample... There is a subtle message involved that in a way altruism often serves very selfish purposes, and that much behavior in line with religious beliefs and charity is also in line with hedonism."

Reminds me of Good Deeds done by Mormons, such as trips to the farm to pick fruit. I've done such deeds, but at that point I wanted to distance myself from the church (as much as possible for a minor) and didn't consider myself religious in the least, so for me it was not a way to win brownie points for The Lord © or to get my Young Women's award, but I'd bet - not only because it's against church rules, but because I do truly, really believe - it was a way for some attendees to get that much closer to the highest level of heaven.

Seabound never meant for religion to be the focal point of the track - though with a sample like that it's hard not to pay attention to it - but instead intended to use it as a metaphore "to reflect very intense and upsetting thoughts and actions" Whether this means the negative emotions attached to religion itself, or hearing something which many would be shocked at, is unansered.

"The song is about a relationship that is on the brink of falling apart. As in most of these cases, one suffers more than the other, because usually one is more dependent on the other than vice versa" I never took this song seriously until I read this, but it shows how religion is alot like an abusive relationship. Members make themselves reliant on popes and prophets, and this is magnified when the relations are between males and females, or queer males who are sometimes seen as effiminate.

There is a phrase which is stated throughout the song, only second to the sample, which lays doubt. The last words uttered are "Without choice but to believe". Mormons would say that one does have a choice, but like just about everything else about their church, that is hard to believe. The lyricist is correct in saying that "it takes radical steps to let go, maybe radically re-interpreting things in order to retain... self-respect, and find a way to carry on with... life without too much suffering."