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Keep seeing Amazon PrimeVideo's advert for the series; "American Gods," and that tune for the trailer sounded so familiar. Low and behold, it's cover of XTC's "Dear God," done by Lawless [feat. vocals by Sydney Wayser]

Here is the song

Artwork by "Nekrolog1k"

Really dig the lyrics too [potential Atheist 'anthem']:

Dear God, hope you got the letter
And I pray you can make it better
Down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
From God
I can't believe in you

Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but I feel
That I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
About God
I can't believe in you

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!

Dear God, don't know if you noticed
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
Us crazy humans wrote it
You should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, so do you,
Dear God
I can't believe in
I don't believe in

I won't believe in heaven and hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You're always letting us humans down

The wars you bring, the babes you drown
Those lost at sea and never found
And it's the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax

And if you're up there you perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve
If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you
Dear God

MacStriker 7 Mar 29
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Great track love it thanks for posting

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Fabulous version...moody and building in intensity. I love it. I hope to watch the show one day. Too many services, too many paywalls.

LB67 Level 7 Mar 29, 2019

YES! I love how the track builds and gets more intense.
Every winter i keep saying i'm going to watch a bunch of series, but i can't sit for too long anymore the older i get, i have to get up and move around and do stuff, hobbies, otherwise i feel i'm losing time i can't get back. Black mirror was good, only because I found it on par with the classic b/w Twilight zone.

@MarcusMethod I have heard of Black Mirror. Looks like it is a Netflix thing. I have Hulu now. When I am bored with it I plan on getting that and will have a look at the show. I just can’t justify more than one streaming service at a time. It is good that you set limits for yourself with these things, I am sure. I quite often have things running in the background and miss half of the storylines. My multitasking is not what it once was.

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