Gifts of Forgiveness by Bill Hicks
Gifts of Forgiveness by Bill Hicks

Gifts of Forgiveness

Bill Hicks * Track #8 On Rant in E-Minor

Gifts of Forgiveness Annotated

But I've always found religion to be fascinating. Ideas, such as, uh, how people act on their beliefs. Pro-lifers murdering doctors. *laughs* Pro-lifers murdering people! *laughs* I don't know you... It's irony, on a basic level, but I like it! You know what I mean? It's real basic irony, but still, you can get a hoot. It's a hoot! It's a fucking hoot! "We're pro-life and we'll kill your ass!"

That's what fundamentalism breeds though. No irony. You see? They take the word literally. Fundamentalists, yeah... Well, once again, I recommend a healthy dose of, uh... psilocybin mushrooms, uh... Three weeks ago, two of my friends and I went to a ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas, and took what Terrence McKenna calls a 'heroic dose'. Five dried grams... Let me tell you, our third eye was squeegeed quite cleanly. *mimics squeegee* Wow! *mimics squeegee* And I'm glad they're against the law.

'cause you know what happened when I took 'em? I laid in a field of green grass for four hours... going, "My God... I love... everything!" The heavens parted. God looked down and rained gifts of forgiveness... onto my bean, healing me on every level psychically, physically, emotionally... and I realized our true nature is spirit, not body, that we are eternal beings and God's love is unconditional and there's nothing we can ever do to change that. It is only our illusion that we are separate from God or that we are alone. In fact, the reality is: we are one with God and He loves us.

Now, if that isn't a hazard to this country... you see my point. How are we gonna keep building nuclear weapons, you know what I mean? What's gonna happen to the arms industry... when we realize we're all one? *laughs* It's gonna fuck up the economy! The economy that's FAKE anyway! *laughs* Which would be a real bummer. You know... You can see why the government's cracking down... on the idea of experiencing unconditional love. Uh...

It's interesting- Isn't it interesting that two drugs that are legal - alcohol and cigarettes - two drugs that do absolutely... NOTHING for you whatsoever... and drugs that grow naturally upon this planet... drugs that open your eyes up to make you realize how you're being... FUCKED every day of your life... those drugs are against the law! Wow! Coincidence? I don't know.

I'm sure their motives are pure. But, uh... isn't that great? Mushrooms grow on cow turds, I love that. I think that's why you giggle the first hour. *laughs* "These grow on cow turds! Heaven is in a cow's butt!" *laughs* "I know where heaven is." "Where?" "In a cow's ass!" *laughs* *whirr* "Oh my God! Lift me up out of this illusion, Lord. Heal my perception that I may know only reality and only you." Stuff like that. "I took mushrooms and went to Astro World and I had a really bad time!" You're a moron. They are sacred. Go to nature. Who wants to be on the Black Dragon tripping? I would fucking be puking 50 yards with each hurdle of the Black Dragon. *mimics vomiting* Possessed Dragon.

I just think it's interesting to see how people act on their beliefs. You know what I mean? 'cause your beliefs- They're just that. They're nothing- there's how you were taught and raised. That doesn't make 'em real. That's why I always recommend a psychedelic experience 'cause it- it does make you realize everything you learned is, in fact, just learned and not necessarily true.

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