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God Project

by Sun Holes / Norm Berketa

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There’s good and evil everywhere They’d good and evil in your chair You can’t escape its gripping clutch But you decide which one to touch Corner me and you might find out What good and evil’s all about I’m good and evil There’s kindness and there’s bitterness There’s enemies and best of friends You can’t be sure of what you’ll get You won’t find out til it’s too late Pressure me and you’ll find out What bitterness is all about I’m good and evil Good and evil, It’s your equal, It’s inside you, And it drives you It’s your secret, You can keep it, But don’t leak it, Just believe it There’s more to life than meets the eye It’s more than shit and then you die You navigate through lows and hi’s You crash and burn and fly so high Follow me and you’ll find out What getting by is all about I’m good and evil Good and evil, It’s your equal, It’s inside you, And it drives you It’s your secret, You can keep it, But don’t leak it, Just believe it There’s good and evil in the air There’s pain and suffering everywhere You’re not immune to anything You can’t spar with me in the ring Strike me down and I’ll get back up And then I’m gonna shut you up I’m good and evil Good and evil, It’s your equal, It’s inside you, And it drives you It’s your secret, You can keep it, But don’t leak it, Just believe it Good and evil, It’s your equal, It’s inside you, And it drives you It’s your secret, You can keep it, But don’t leak it, Just believe it
2.
There must be a way to control the population It’s time a rule book came around There must be a way to keep people in their places There must be a way to keep them down We can create a being That can’t be seen or heard Something ominous and mighty We can write books and verses And have it found by men And they will pass on what they’ve unearthed You shall have no gods other than myself You shall not have idols up upon your shelf You shall not my name take in vain any time You shall keep the holy day as holy time And when the word has spread among the population The world will all see the same light People will fear the threat of eternal damnation If they don’t choose the path that’s right We can create a being That can’t be seen or heard Something ominous and mighty We can write books and verses And have it found by men And they will pass on what they’ve unearthed You shall praise your mother and your father dear You shall take no other life by any means You shall always keep from straying on your spouse You shall keep from robbing any other's house You shall make no lies against your friends and peers You shall want for nothing if it isn't yours It will be the Greatest story ever told The greatest story ever told
3.
When I was just a small boy My mom took me to church They took us children out and stuck us in a room They sat us in a circle They told us tales and more We were supposed to learn to live the golden rule Live the golden rule Now I'm a bit older I'm a bit colder I don't really care Life goes on No matter how you live it, ya Live the rule In Sunday School When Monday comes You're Tuesday's fool No-one pays Attention to the rule Each day is like the last one There's nothing new at all People are stupid and they wonder they they fall I'm tired of navigating Through this thing they call life I'd rather be marooned on some exotic isle Some exotic isle Now I am much older I am much colder I don't really care Life goes on No matter how you live it, ya Live the rule In Sunday School When Monday comes You're Tuesday's fool No-one pays Attention to the rule Live the rule In Sunday School When Monday comes You're Tuesday's fool No-one pays Attention to the rule
4.
Gonna start a religion Gonna build me a church Cuz I've written some novels And I know how science works Gonna look for the lonely For the weak and the sick Gonna get me some big stars To make it all look slick Do you need a friend? Someone you can trust? I'm the one you're meant to follow Gonna buy me a big boat Gonna sail it to sea It'll be for the top dogs It'll be for the elite They can bring all their children We have places for them We'll keep everyone busy And they won't see them again You have much to learn There's no time to lose This machine will show us all your problems The science of religion Is guidance for the blind The science of religion Is guidance for your mind Don't question anything Just follow me You're mine for a billion years That's eternity Gonna build me a system And a bridge to the top It'll cost you your savings And money you don't got You can leave if you want to But there's one little catch If you talk smack about us Your whole family will detach There's no place to hide We are everywhere You're the one we're going to follow The science of religion Is guidance for the blind The science of religion Is guidance for your mind The science of religion Is guidance for the blind The science of religion Is guidance for your mind
5.
Push 04:59
Knock knock Open the door Two men in suits with matching ties and copies of The Watchtower They wanna know If I know the truth Am I living my life in accordance with the rules and principles Too late I've closed my eyes To the pictures they paint with scenes of a better world Ha ha Slam the door Two men in suits move on to the neighbouring houses down the street Push push Your religion Push push Your beliefs Push push Your decision Push push Yourself on me I can't stand your position I see through your derision I see through your attempt... to convert me You only want to convince me But you refuse to listen To any opinion that isn't yours Bang bang Another gun goes off Two people fall with holes in the head and chest and soaked in blood They wanna know Why they'll die today But the motherfucker who pulled the trigger turned around and shot himself Last breath And a cry for help The paramedics come but they can't keep anyone from slipping away Too bad Says the media This type of thing shouldn't happen but it happens almost every day Push push Your religion Push push Your beliefs Push push Your decision Push push Yourself on me
6.
Faithless 04:25
I don't believe in anything God or fate or the whole damn thing We're just atoms fed by evolution No one needs to find a great solution But you try to find one You made one, you made one I don't believe in good or bad You do the things that you always have We're just atoms fed by evolution No one needs to find a great solution But you try to find one You made one, you made one Faithless... I'm faithless Faithless... I'm faithless No judgement day will come It's on you now You're actions show us all What you are made of You're made of the energy The energy is everything And everything is energy I don't believe in heaven or hell I don't believe that you can tell We're just atoms fed by evolution No one needs to find a great solution But you try to find one You made one, you made one Faithless... I'm faithless Faithless... I'm faithless Faithless... I'm faithless Faithless... I'm faithless
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On The Fence 07:08
Why are you talking to me? Told you once I’m not listening But you insist that I’m thinking small I really don’t have any interest at all Why do you keep on trying? I’m not afraid of dying But you insist that I’m missing out I don’t care what you’re going on about. If I was, If I was on the fence I’d listen, I’d listen with some defence Your rambling is gambling with my respect I’d rather, I’d rather we just forget If I was, If I was open at all I’d tell you, I’d tell you to share it all But I’m not on the fence Can’t stop you when you’re rolling Can’t argue when you’re going I don’t wanna waste any time on you Don’t you have something better to do? If I was, If I was on the fence I’d listen, I’d listen with some defence Your rambling is gambling with my respect I’d rather, I’d rather we just forget If I was, If I was open at all I’d tell you, I’d tell you to share it all But I’m not on the fence If I was, If I was on the fence I’d listen, I’d listen with some defence Your rambling is gambling with my respect I’d rather, I’d rather we just forget If I was, If I was open at all I’d tell you, I’d tell you to share it all But I’m not on the fence
8.
The Battle 08:29
ANGEL VS DEMON If I was an angel I’d find someone to help I’d join them in their darkest hour And save them from themselves If I was a demon I’d find someone to hurt I’d celebrate their darkest hour And crush them into dirt I’m no angel I’m not a demon too It’s nothing more than you It’s what you choose to do I’m no stranger I’m not a friend as well Your heaven and your hell Is what you’re in right now You might as well be THE DARK How did you find me? I was deep in the dark There was nothing to indicate that I was on the mark I saw what happened I saw what happened I made it happen And I’d do the same again I’d do the same again I’d do the same again I’d do the same THE END Summer days, hot as hell Sweating just by standing still I wonder if I'm in the devil's lair Or would the devil even care? Makes me think of good and bad Is there a distinction, have we all been had? A rose by any other name Would sting as hot as any flame But I guess it's all been done We've all had our fun And now it's time to pay And who's collecting anyway? That's the question in the end The question that will never end The end of questions is the end
9.
A worker’s day, Is never done, Sun goes down, And the work goes on, No peace I find, In my whole life Gonna make my way to the river and get some peace tonight Going down to the river, Gonna go there today, Going shed my clothes and wash my troubles away Going down to the river, Gonna find me a rock, Gonna take my head and lay it down on the chopping block Who was your poppa? Who was your ma? Why did they have you? Were they drinkin' and not thinkin'? What did you leave us? What was your mark? Why did you bother? Were you envious of the rest of us? I want you to pay for all you got I want your head on the chopping block Chopping block You accomplished nothing Embarrassing at best You stole from the hungry And gave nothing, you gave nothing Rode on your high horse Looked down on most Hands begged for mercy Did you not see? Did you not see? I want you to pay for all you got I want your head on the chopping block Chopping block Sleepin' on your deathbed Waiting for the dark Praying to the ceiling For forgiveness, are you serious? If there is a heaven Why should you get in? Your hands beg for mercy Why should they see? Why should they see? I want you to pay for all you got I want your head on the chopping block Chopping block I want you to pay for all you got I want your head on the chopping block Chopping block
10.
I ask the age old question Are we all alone down here? Do you believe in a wise old being That made us all appear? Or do you sit on the side of science Did it all start off with a bang? Is there meaning? It seems with every new day Another innocent is killed The violence is never-ending The hatred is never filled They’ll gun people down at a concert And slay children in a church Is there meaning? And when the assassinations Have claimed the too many lives The believers will say it’s all part of the plan And yet there’s tears in believer’s eyes God lives in America He blesses every state He blesses the guns and the president And he blesses the NRA If God lives in America Then what is his address? Is he fast asleep in his penthouse Or did he skip out in the rent? I ask the age old question And the answers are all the same God works in mysterious ways And it’s not for us to say All of these variations Amount to the same old thing There’s no meaning If his power is great and mighty If he can cleanse the earth with a flood If he truly loves all his children Then why are so many soaked in blood? God lives in America He blesses every state He blesses the guns and the president And he blesses the NRA If God lives in America Then what is his address? Is he fast asleep in his penthouse Or did he skip out in the rent?

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"God Project" is the seventh album from Sun Holes. Recording began in November 2017 and is was released in December of 2018. This is a concept album about the creation of religion.

Here is a great review of this album:

"I'll start by saying that I am generally not a fan of the “theme record”, as oftentimes, they are bloated, self-agrandizing efforts by bands/solo artists, filled with half-formed opinions and diatribes, all haphazardly tied together by the most rudimentary of “connection”.

God Project is the rare exception to that rule. With a musical agility and wryness worthy of his influences, Norm Berketa has crafted not only an extremely entertaining record, but one with fairly heady themes as well. All delivered with deceptively sweet and engaging melodies.

God Project examines the vagaries and different angles of, big “R”, religion. But Berketa but does so not in a heavy-handed fashion, but by adding his own observations and unique points of view. Filled with deftly-placed minor chord changes, sometimes adding a dramatic undertone to the words, and sometimes, somehow, adding a joy and lilt to the music., this record is, what they used to call in my day, a “listen-to-the-whole-thing-in-one-sitting”, kind of album.

To me, what was also entertaining was seeing Berketa's grasp and ease of varied musical styles. Berketa is able to juggle, morph, and evolve what may seem on the surface as disparate influences. Berketa's love of his influences never seems heavy or shopworn, but rather, organic, and enticing. “Make a joyful noise”, indeed. As always, Berketa's tracks are marked predominantly by bouncy, intricate melodies, and shades of the Beatles, XTC, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, Sisters of Mercy, The Cars, Oingo Boingo, Cheap Trick, Midnight Oil, The Verve, Queen, and even Spoon, weave through the tracks like an earnest love-letter to not just musical influences, but to what makes those bands great at their core.

Berketa's goes almost too easily from the powerful anthemic-rock of the album opener, “Good and Evil”, to the quirky playfulness of tracks like “Chopping Block”. This is a smart record, serving not only to entertain but to actually give you something to think about. And sing along to, too boot. What more could you possibly ask for?"

-Luigi Saracino., Ottawa (Lead Singer. Better Living Through Chemistry)

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released December 27, 2018

Sun Holes is: Norm Berketa on guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards and vocals.

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Sun Holes / Norm Berketa Ottawa, Ontario

Sun Holes is the latest musical project from songwriter & composer Norm Berketa. To date, Norm has written and recorded close to 400 songs, the majority recorded just for fun. Sun Holes is a solo endeavour. Norm is self-taught on many instruments, including guitar, bass, mandolin, keyboards, banjo and drums. Norm has always had a passion for creating music. Sun Holes was born January of 2012. ... more

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