1 Topic by Oldnewbie (edited by Oldnewbie 2008-02-09 00:59:25)

  • From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
  • Registered: 2008-01-19
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Topic: Do I Have to Hate You?

Okay, I have received much pointed criticism for this song, not for the composition, or the music, but for the message.

Keep in mind, this was written (as a poem) just after 9-11.

I don't apologize for my feelings, but I am sorry that it is so long. smile


Do I Have to Hate YouFor the pilots of 9-11


[Em]Love thy neighbor says the book


On the [Am]stand by mama’s [Am7]bed




[Em]Can she know how wrong she was?


Can she [Am]know what has been [Am7]said?




[C]She didn’t know who lived next door,


She didn’t [G]see the buildings fall…


[A7]How can she tell her children


what to [B7]do when hatred calls?


[C]I don’t want to hate your diety,


I don’t [G]want to hate your kind


[C] I don’t want to hate your father, albeit he’s


the [G]one who owns your mind.


I [D]don’t want to hate your language,


But I don’t [C]want it in my head…


[A7]Do I have to hate you


[B7]just because I want you dead?


[Em]Are you the knave who wrote Mein Kampf?


Or the [Am]one who rolled the [Am7]stone?


[Em]Is there a plan that might explain


Why you’re [Am]burning down our [Am7]homes?


Did [C]Lazarus look into your eyes


When he [G]stood up from the grave?


Did [C]Saint John see your white horse


When he [G]looked on judgment day?


[A7]When you fear for your pathetic life


To [B7]which God do you pray?


[C]I don’t hate you or your diety,


[G] I don’t want to hate your mind


[C] I don’t want hatred in my heart



[G]but where else can it bind?


I [D]don’t want to hate your language,


But I don’t [C]want it in my head…


[A7]Do I have to hate you


just be-[B7]cause I want you dead?


[Em]You were the one at Bergen-Belsen,


Watching [Am]Annie writhe in [Am7]pain.


[Em]You’re the one who tolls the mission bell


While the preacher [Am]reads the [Am7]names.


Or [C]were you singing Revolution


With [G]Ringo, George, and Paul?


I [A7]thought I heard you crying


As they were [B7]tearing down your wall.



[C]I don’t hate you or your diety,


[G] I don’t want to hate your mind


[C] I don’t want hatred in my heart


[G]but where else can it bind?


I [D]don’t want to hate your language,


But I don’t [C]want it in my head…


[A7]Do I have to hate you


just be-[B7]cause I want you dead?




Do I have to [C]hate you


Just be-[G]cause I want you dead?


Do I have to [C]hate you


Just be-[G]cause I want you dead? (repeat and fade)


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  • Registered: 2007-04-03
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Re: Do I Have to Hate You?

Oldnewbie ,

I think this is excellent! I have read this many times.

No you do not have to hate the people /persons or there God!.

But your allowed hate the unadulterated evil they perpetrate.


Old Doll.

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !
  • From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
  • Registered: 2008-01-19
  • Posts: 245

Re: Do I Have to Hate You?

Yeah, I think that is the mental struggle this song talks about:

Whether we direct our hatred at the people or the act.

It is hard to exact vengence on an act, so people often tend to get in the way.

We are told our entire lives that it is bad to hate, and that people are people, and a bunch of other cliches that mean "turn the other cheek", but sometimes what we need to do is not "hug our brother" but punch him in the neck.

I think a lot of people are struggling with that.

When is it okay to be pissed off and act on that pissed-offedness, and when is it not?

So, instead of burning buildings and blowing up cars, I write a song. Not very heroic, but safer.

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  • From: derbyshire
  • Registered: 2007-05-17
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Re: Do I Have to Hate You?

hi oldnewbie very powerful song ,but all it portrays is right and wrong of the 9/11 catastrophe,we all have opinions for that ....stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

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  • From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
  • Registered: 2008-01-19
  • Posts: 245

Re: Do I Have to Hate You?

Thanks, DC.

It's up on my site now. Not real happy with it, but I'm working on it. I'll probably replace what's there soon.

Appreciate the comments.

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