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The title God Loves America is a very cynical and spiteful phrase in this context. In all of the verse lyrics he brings to the forefront of how disgusting and selfish the world America has created for itself is, but the title is like an ignorant mantra repeated to block it out. “America is dying slo...
[Verse 1]
And all across America
The poison fires glow
And in the blood of our procreation
Annihilation grows
Yes, love was made for slaves like us
Designed to fetishize
Consumption, waste and an identity
Based on a dying lie
[Chorus]
So God forgive America
The end of history is now
And God may save the victim
But only the murderer holds real power
[Verse 2]
We came across the seas we'd fill
With offal and disgust
And any object industry required
We bought, enslaved or we crushed
And now our minds are as naked
As the paradise we stripped
And our reward is our entropy
Our emptiness is our gift
[Chorus]
So God forgive America
And every human on this Earth
And God forgive the ruined lives
And nothing is what it's worth
God Loves America was written by Jarboe & Michael Gira.
God Loves America was produced by Michael Gira.
Swans released God Loves America on Mon Feb 24 1992.