Bad Religion - The Profane Rights Of Man Lyrics






Hostility to every living creature
Like anti-intellectual demands
"Inalienable" is not some moving feature
It's foundational bedrock of the land

So it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
To enlightened plan
If you seek to make divisible
The principle of the profane rights of man

And so returns the bourgeoisie
The bastard child of democracy
Morphs into aristocracy
Demands advantage, it must not receive
But if the citizen will not stay it's hand
The myth becomes a menace on the land

And it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
Intelligence and knowledge are an ordnance
A constant check on privilege and wealth
Nurture and provisioning their furtherance
A fundament of democratic health

So it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
To enlightened plan
If you seek to make divisible
The principle of the profane rights of man





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  1. J.... B....

    I know this was made between True North & Age Of Unreason, but it sounds like it's cut straight from the New Maps Of Hell sessions.

  2. C.... S....

    Why didn't this make the album?

  3. A.... ....

    Even the bonus track from this album is a grower. Just epic all around.

  4. L.... L....

    I'm so glad I got to write a review of this track for my high school newspaper

  5. A.... d....

    Bad Religion fez essa música inspirada no Brasil de 2019?

  6. F.... 7....

    2 of the 3 things I don’t like about bad Religion has been fixed on this song. Griffins vocals. And the alternative song structure. They usually have the exact same structure for every song but finally made it work on this release!

  7. A.... Z....

    Deveria estar no álbum novo , não como bônus apenas

  8. M.... ....

    A lot has changed and gone in the past 42 years but I can still enjoy those punk records I brought back then in 77 and I still enjoy listening to Bad Religion which to me just followed on with great punk music.

  9. a.... ....

    I'm almost certain that Greg is singing "anti-intellectual COMMANDS" (as opposed to demands) and (slightly less certain) "a CONSTRICT on privilege and wealth" (as opposed to "constant check"). But, as for the latter, he's probably saying "constant check" so fast that he's having trouble fitting the two together in the small space he has to say them.

  10. k.... c....

    Jaime Miller is a fucking beast!

  11. R.... A....

    Ah so nostalgic of BR old songs

  12. A.... A....

    Thebest

  13. m.... ....

    Bad religion is the most consistent band i've ever heard.

  14. g.... ....

    Can somebody tell me how come it didn't end on The Age of Unreason album (and The kids are alt-right neither)?

    g.... ....

    That's what I'm here trying to figure out....

  15. B.... K....

    How is this not on the new album??

  16. s.... j....

    I HAVE DOWNLOADED THE NEW BAD RELIGION FULL-LENGTH MP3 ALBUM: AGE OF UNREASON ( 2019 ) , BEFORE ITS RELEASED MAY 3 , 2019 😇😌😍😁 LOOK FOR THE PIRATE BAY. YOU WILL THANK ME LATER

  17. D.... O....

    No Control

  18. S.... f....

    i will listen to this with my non-bluetooth headphones and be proud.

  19. R.... P....

    extra tom means a lot, like a lot 0:24

  20. F.... ....

    Why did you drop this song? Was it so it looked alright that you dropped Kids? Or is it because it's derivative word salad?

  21. a.... l....

    This is a call for awareness. It is the sociopolitical manifesto of Bad Religion

  22. R.... H....

    Okay. So, i've had a look at the tracklist of Age of Unreason, and this song along with The Kids Are Alt-Right are missing from the album. WTH?

  23. P.... S....

    My Lovely Lunchbox Music. 😊

  24. c.... c....

    cut those pointless solos at the beging! they're burgeoise

  25. N.... F....

    Isso é hardcore de verdade!

  26. I.... ....

    It's official: This song is the bonus track for the new album.

    I.... ....

    Which means it's not on the lp :(

  27. O.... ....

    I approve of this.

  28. C.... A....

    Quebra tudo ....

  29. s.... l....

    This is a fucking JAM.

  30. m.... h....

    Por fin están aca

  31. T.... J....

    I may not agree with particular message of some songs by Bad Religion but I fucking love it nonetheless. The music is great and who gives a fuck if I agree? I can at least contemplate the lyrics and my own world view. World is fucking complex. Who knows if they the ones who are right?

  32. S.... F....

    Very Solid Song - Bad Religion is the Shit!!

  33. E.... ....

    Bad Religion will never fucking get old.

  34. L.... v....

    Come to Portugal :D

  35. m.... s....

    Thank the not sjw

  36. T.... E....

    This is a true back-to-their-roots song from BR. Reminds me of tracks off Against the Grain with a hint of Empire Strikes First. Highly intellectual lyrics mixed with fast drums and melodic lead guitar give BR back its soul. It's the perfect comeback song.

    People sometimes comment that Greg is too intellectual in the post Generator era. I disagree. Listen to tracks from Against the Grain and you'll find the big words and scholarly concepts have been there since the beginning.

    Great song, more please.

    T.... E....

    I had a "street punk" tell me "i don't like Bad Religion cuz they use too many big words". I suggested that he crack open a few books. Oh, well, i guess dumb, drunk, and dirty is the only "real punk".

  37. b.... ....

    My guess is that this song was written by greg and “my sanity” was written by brett. And tkaar was co-written?

  38. C.... E....

    I feel like I am 12 again...and that was 28 years ago!!!! great job!!!!

  39. J.... D....

    Rational Warrior aka Tombstone Da Deadman! ~ gg
    and Wisdom in Chains outta PA /// #ANTIFA community defense forces JBGC/RR

  40. J.... D....

    Sick of It All and Harm's Way are way heavier.. and life and death is a heavy subject.

  41. L.... G....

    Killer song!

  42. v.... ....

    We will never get another album like no control ... but give them a chance!!! I like it... :-)

    v.... ....

    ok i like every BR song... my favorite song is 1000 more fools... imo the last great album is the gray race...

  43. P.... W....

    This is pretty bad too. Sounds like leftovers from Dissent of Man, one of their worst albums

  44. M.... ....

    listening to them since 1993 and i have to say this is boring as shit. Not to sound cliched but from 1980-1995 these guys were amazing, i just don't like anything from them after Stranger Than Fiction. A song here and there yeah were ok but thats about it... politics seem more forced even. An all time favorite band of mine for sure but not interested in a new album.

    M.... ....

    i liked Grey Race too

  45. J.... J....

    The drums remind me to Bobby Schayer, not too much variety like Brook Wackerman, I love this song, it's REALLY BAD RELIGION

  46. P.... R....

    essa música é uma repetição de todos os discos do Bad Relligion (tudo igual )

  47. N.... ....

    Sounds like I've heard this before.... not getting me going, BR seems rehashed and watered down. :( I'm sad.

  48. v.... ....

    Nice one!!!!!!!!!!!

  49. J.... H....

    This song reminds me of a mash up between songs off of suffer, new maps of hell, and the empire strikes first. With a little of their new tone

  50. s.... ....

    i love Bad Religion

  51. L.... M....

    👍🏼 as ever

  52. J.... T....

    My favorite of the 3 recent releases. Keep 'em coming!

  53. M.... W....

    Down votes by religious nuts that stumbled across the wrong video. 😂

  54. D.... P....

    This sounds like it will be the intro to the album. So good. Cant wait for this.

  55. M.... L....

    Intro sounds like no control

  56. N.... Y....

    мда уж...

  57. S.... ....

    New album better be good considering they've made us wait 5+ years! the longest ever between albums. Hopefully The Kids Are Alt right won't feature on it. Liking this song though.

    S.... ....

    I am sure that BR is really hoping that you approve, Steve.

  58. I.... O....

    Legend never die

  59. D.... F....

    I like it, but it sounds a lot like do what you want

  60. T.... H....

    AWYEEEEEEEE

  61. A.... B....

    2nd fav

  62. A.... F....

    Got a very No Control (the album not the song -- or maybe is a The Process Of Belief feeling) feeling from this song; plus the clean backing vocals...: just wonderful. Bad Religion is Bad Religion, a legend walking the Earth, and people shouldn't forget.

  63. m.... ....

    utter disappointment. this song is a kind of puzzle of the fragments of mediocre bad religion songs from the era of 2002-2011.

  64. M.... S....

    Ok, bring out the new album already!

  65. �.... ....

    dissent of man + true north ?

  66. �.... ....

    very love

  67. D.... B....

    Sounds solid. Turn up the guitars though, drums and vocals are to loud-new drummer seems to hold his own, sounds like more classic BR.

  68. R.... G....

    After all these years, Bad Religion is still releasing bad ass skate punk tracks. This sounds like something off of No Control. Love it!

  69. j.... k....

    As always I need a flippin dictionary to understand the songs

  70. G.... M....

    I love listening to new songs on YouTube, because 80% of comments on anything more than a few years old is just basic rubes asking if anyone is listening to it in the current year.

  71. D.... A....

    122 people SUCK!!!!!!

  72. B.... D....

    akhirnya

  73. R.... P....

    Still love this song

  74. D.... B....

    Don’t worry, Greg Graffin! Your fears of becoming an old state fair playing punk band will never come to pass! Yours is the sound of past, present and future generations to come! We love you guys!

  75. D.... B....

    Great new song! Love these guys!

  76. d.... a....

    Yeah.. Great comeback, guys!

  77. C.... N....

    saudações brasileiras! bela canção! a letra infelizmente nos remete a atual conjuntura brasileira, onde um fascista anti ciência, anti-intelecto, anti conhecimento, com uma campanha fundada em fake news finaciada pela burguesia nacional é eleito por 1/3 do país. seguimos resistindo! "hasta la victoria siempre!"

  78. D.... D....

    Это - ахуенно!
    from russia with love

  79. A.... V....

    They dislike commies AND alt right. So you people were wrong they weren't turning into Marxists. Not even slightly.

  80. D.... ....

    Leave on repeat? YES!

  81. J.... I....

    The masters are back on track

  82. J.... A....

    Eargasm!!!

  83. M.... N....

    Oh, men. You did it!

  84. B.... K....

    Yeah, hey!

  85. S.... B....

    Felling back in 93th

  86. J.... C....

    I love this band since I was 9... 14 years obsessed with them

  87. D.... f....

    Great song. The earth is falling apart at the seams this song captures the hell we live in

  88. T.... ....

    Fuck yeah

  89. R.... F....

    miss you brooks 😢

  90. J.... s....

    These guys are fuckin retarded. Always leftist self loathing anti American anti human anti family pro Marxist horseshit. Anti church anti military fuckin cry baby losers.

    J.... s....

    Yeah, sure. A band that's been led for almost 40 years by a Ph.D holder with degrees in Anthropology and Evolutionary biology, author of books on philosophy of the science and religion, is exactly what anyone would called "retarded" .

    Go study, child. Maybe someday in a thousand years you can aspire to hold a candle to these guys (or at least understand what marxism is).

    J.... s....

    thanks Barbara. I never comment because I feel it's a lost cause, but I'm really sick of reading the same comments over and over.
    Some people can just mimic Trump and his henchmen to try and prove a point even they can't understand. They feel frustrated in their ignorance and all they can do is repeat words and expressions they hear from ignorants like them

  91. A.... S....

    This is true Punk Rock Song...

  92. D.... O....

    More Please!

  93. J.... A....

    Ya hey!

  94. C.... K....

    #Destroy

  95. m.... ....

    Thats what i love Bad Religion for!

  96. m.... ....

    FINALLY!!!

  97. R.... D....

    Sounds like When?, The Island, and Germs of Perfection, including a riff from Leaders and Followers. Where’s my prize?