Atheist Songs

[Siz]

It is deeply personal, of course, but I like my Deathstars better than the examples provided.  

Fair enough...

[Asmodean]

What think you of Children of Bodom..? Finnish Metal, baby! 

[joeactor]

What?  No Steve Martin yet?

http://youtu.be/wogta8alHiU

[Crow]

What?  No Steve Martin yet?

http://youtu.be/wogta8alHiU

I'd forgotten about that. Another ok song for it comedic value Tim Minchin - The Good Book.

[joeactor]

Another ok song for it comedic value Tim Minchin - The Good Book.

Hah! Winner!

[Siz]

What think you of Children of Bodom..? Finnish Metal, baby! 

Me likey... and all who sound like them.

My kids like HM and they asked me for something heavier. I fed them some grind-core and nearly made them cry (i was pretty disturbed myself). Think we'll stick to Iron Maiden for them!

[Asmodean]

Heheh... Let the kids play with heavy stuff. Good for their immune system. 

[history_geek]

Sabaton - Burn your crosses

No use to pray, there's no one listening
I will die anyway.
Some say I've killed, some call me Satan
Now my blood must be spilled.

I'm sentenced for crimes I did not commit
I'll pay with my blood, is this really it?
Creations of God? No way!

::Burn your crosses, make way for science
Christ has only caused death and violence
Burn your crosses and make way for yourself
Put faith in mother earth.::
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/sabaton/fistforfight.html#5

Don't really listen to the "heavier stuff", like Children of Bodom and I like pagan stuff too much to really care  Turisas, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, Hediningarna and Värttinä FTW 

Besides, there's always Symphonies of Science 

[Gawen]

Odd...I did this some time ago and didn't find much, but this morning, the first hit while searching for "atheist songs" pulled up the top ten.
Slayer – "Jesus Saves"
Metallica – "Leper Messiah"
Jeff Buckley – "Eternal Life"
Bad Religion – "God's Love"
Tool – "Opiate"
Nine Inch Nails – Terrible Lie
George Gershwin – It Ain't Necessarily So
The Arcade Fire – "Intervention"
XTC – "Dear God"
John Lennon – "Imagine"

Five Finger Death Punch sings a couple songs like this. I love FFDP. Their Bon Jovi remake was better than Bon Jovi's...imo.

And then there's this site:
http://atheistmusicblog.blogspot.com/

[AnimatedDirt]

It seems to me, not being the most intelligent person in the world, that there is a lot of religion in these non-religious songs...it also seems to me there is not much difference between religious music and some lyrics posted here.  They both mention Jesus, prayer, God...one is for, the other "against", one uplifts one type, the other makes you smile and say, "yah!" when they deny, yet sing about, the non-existent.  Is that a double negative?

Just sayin'. 

[Sandra Craft]

What?  No Steve Martin yet?

http://youtu.be/wogta8alHiU

I was just going to throw that one up there.  You know -- the blues, rock & roll, watching football on Sunday in our underpants -- we're doing pretty good without songs.

[Stevil]

"If god is throwing dice
And einstein doesn't mind the chance"

Bruce Dickinson - Navigate the seas of the sun

I like this phrase, it sounds like the god has to play by Einstein's rules. But of course this means that there is no all powerful god.

[The Magic Pudding]

There is this thread with the very same name
http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5343.0

Bob Dylan

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And the land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns on their hands
And God on their side.

The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.

[not your typical...]

That I wont believe this lie
When all there's something more inside
When darkness is all you see
This is our Sweet Blasphemy
-Sweet Blasphemy, Black Veil Brides.
I know that's not as heavy as the majority of the songs in this thread, but I love them. And Andy Biersack, singer and songwriter, is openly an atheist.

[Davin]

A Perfect Circle - Judith

You're such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever choose to be
Oh so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you

Fuck your god
Your lord, your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, never stray, never
Taste of the fruit
Never thought to question why

It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
Praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed
He did it all for you
He did it all for you

Oh so many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you

Pray
To your Christ, to your god
Never taste of the fruit
Never stray, never break, never
Choke on a lie
Even though he's the one who
Did this to you
Never thought to question why

It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ as if He knows the reasons why
He did it all for you
He did it all for you
Did it all for you