Five Iron Frenzy - Old West (Demo Version) текст песни

Up until the middle of the 20th century,
many Americans believed in the idea known as the "Manifest Destiny"
It held that all of North America,
from sea to shining sea,
was rightfully the property of the US and was given to us by God
Native Americans were unscrupulously thrown off their homelands
and slaughtered in the name of Jesus
Horror stories of entire tribes being led through rivers while being baptized,
just to be shot and scalped on the other side,
rival those of the Spanish Inquisition
Today, I see street corner preachers screaming at passers-by,
while the amount of Neo-Nazi Hate crimes are escalating every day
All of this under a blanket name of "Christianity"
Read Your Bible
Jesus never beat people or insulted them into believing in him
He spoke the truth
And set an example by loving every man
We are called to follow his example
Remember the Massacres at Sand Creek and meeker
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it

Some cowboys were a ridin', ridin' on the range