“Creating God” is the fifth song off of Avenged Sevenfold’s seventh studio album, The Stage.
The song talks about computers and how advanced they have become. The computers that mankind creates have become smarter and smarter. It doesn’t take long before we look at these machines as our gods.
[Verse 1]
Standing in the shade of altruism, answering the call
Came a modern messiah to save us all
Somethin' far beyond the work of fiction, positronic brain
A world that's void of all the anguish and suffering, pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Better tame your convictions before you go and open the cage
[Chorus]
We're creating god, master of our designs
We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find, yeah
[Verse 2]
Never held a high regard for Darwin, selection takes too long
A little kick in the pool shouldn't do us wrong
Devouring the very last invention man would ever need
But exponential growth is a frightening thing indeed
[Pre-Chorus]
Sweet bohemian jury rounded up and hung in the streets
[Chorus]
We're creating god, master of our designs
We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find, yeah
[Bridge]
Sometimes when I look up to the sky, I have to wonder
Are we summoning the demon, you and I?
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Have you noticed that I'm needin' it more now? More than it needs me
Got a couple of billion that seem to agree
Surfing in an artificial dimension, but we're not alone
Now the master has become just a stepping stone, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Like a blow to the ego, the bitter pills are harder to take
[Chorus]
We're creating god, master of our designs
We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find, ooh
We're creating god, in search of the divine, yeah
We're creating god, committing suicide
[Outro]
Yeah
Yeah
Creating God was written by M. Shadows & Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance & Johnny Christ & Brooks Wackerman.
Creating God was produced by Avenged Sevenfold & Joe Barresi.
Avenged Sevenfold released Creating God on Fri Oct 28 2016.