Heathen from Prelude by KINGS LONE
Heathen is about being an LGBTQ+ person in a world of religious oppression and puritanical ideology. The religious wording used throughout the lyrics of the song enforce the alienation queer people experience when it comes to romantic or intimate relationships, in any period of time on Earth. It’s also more subtly about unrequited love, but the idea of loving someone that would hate you if they were to get to know you is the main overall theme of this song.
Tracklist
| 6. | Heathen | 4:26 |
Lyrics
I told you I loved you
I repent for
All that I’ve done
Every day I wake up
I find what you’re waiting for
Was just a farce
For I was nothing but
A pawn in your game
To hate
To hate
Take it up with the man upstairs
You told the masses then that I
Was a heathen
Burn me alive
On the stake
I’ll love you either way
Either way
You make
Me smile
Ever since the pastor had me sent back down
I never knew what you wanted
From me
It’s crazy that even after all this time
You had found a way to make me look
Like I was the evil one of you
All I wanted was to love
I never knew
That this was a crime
I just want to
Live in peace
Take it up with the man upstairs
You told the masses then that I
Was a heathen
Burn me alive
On the stake
I’ll love you either way
