Staind - Paper Jesus Lyrics

This song reminds me of the last albums of Mudvayne, probably Lost and Found or The New Game

System of a Down vibes in the verses, guitar & vocally.

Yeah it has a vibe

What kind of thing makes his voice sound like that cuz he had that and his regular voice

Garrett Russell I heard once it was a combination of Newport cigarettes and whiskey.

Yee yee

I'm only gonna say this once. Religion is concept built by man to obtain control, tranquility, and sound mind. It's also man who twists it to his comfort and own personal wants for life. His as well as others. Faith transpired from religion so man would not lose his sanity in thinking that this life could possibly be all we have. We guess what. Earth was created from a mass collision of asteroid, minerals, fire, and chaos. Science. 1+1 is. There is NO magical sky daddy FOR REAL~ Deal with it. I have no clue where we go after this, and nor do the Christians, the Catholics, or the Satanists. NO ONE KNOWS! It's assumption. The bible is a guide book for those who are weak and need guidance. A collection of over exaggerated stories to prove a everyday human moral or life lesson~ Truth. Humans spend way to much of there breath over such things to me. Get with reality. Religion will die just like we do. It, like us, will cease to exist eventually, so REALLY PEOPLE~Truth just live, and due unto other as you would like to be treated. That's all you have to do. REALLY!

Like Descartes, he may doubt of everything but he knows that We think, therefore we are

This hole albums sucks massive cock so dose 14 shades of cock suckers.

" "Paper Jeus" "

And when the hardcore intro riff breaks out in full, I feel like most ppl don't realize just how good the drums are during that part. So heavy and powerful.

So there literally seems to be no guitar cover for this song on YouTube, at all. Welp, I know what my plans are today.

Jesus is not a religion nor is following Christ. Christ was anti religious because the Pharisees used it for gain and control of the masses for their benefit. Following Christ is to give up all of that. Including religion. "Pure and undefined religion is this; to care for widows and orphans in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world"

Undefiled **

+rocky baudoin Nah dumbass, Jesus was a dissident... and he was a rebel, he was untraditional...yet all those who follow Christianity and religions in general..are traditional people, the exact kind of people.. Jesus was against, the pro-corruption and pro-lie, pro-slavery...pro-child abuse... pro-fantasy... pro-money .....anyways...this is..if Jesus ever really existed, and if he did..there still less than a 25% chance he was what the stories claim him to be, i can explain why.. but it might be better if you think about it yourself.

because it's not WHAT you know...it's HOW you came to know it which makes you a genius or a moron.

also christ is a title...not a last name, duh.....Anyone who uses the title Christ..is following a religion. Because that is what religion teaches...they teach you to call him Jesus Christ.

They teach you magic is real and god is magic.. a being that came from nothing, made the universe and toys with it like some lunatic....Religion has brainwashed you into believing a man created himself from nothing then created everything from nothing then created perfection but decided to ruin it with a talking snake and other dumb shit no one should believe......this is why the HOW is the most important thing....not WHAT you claim to know.

What a ignorant post putting all your time and energy into /about a GOD you don't believe in , you people look so foolish because you all get angry with people that beileive in Christ JESUS. , you don't know anything about him so quit pretending you do, he never created him self he always existed since the beginning also they is so much evidence that Jesus walked this earth its undeniable , if only you would open your eyes and search for yourself you would find , I pray that you find him and your heart becomes undarkend

@Columbus Gathe You say, "[there] is so much evidence that Jesus walked this earth its undeniable." Which evidence is that? The Bible, a collection of books written by humans? Drawings drew by humans? Any other form of evidence created by humans? But we should believe them, because humans don't lie, right?

this the shit  u don't here this from anybodyelse   jimbo jimbobe  joshin jimbo jimmyjam

aaron is soo good and rocks..staind 

I thot it was about miney abd greed bcuz ppl worship money like "god"

Chapter 5

Arena Football {BABY}

My favorite song on this album and maybe of all Staind songs. I think it is about religion. But Aaron Lewis believes in god. I think hes saying reading the bible doesnt necessarily make you a good person. You have to act the way and not just preach. Wish it was an anti religion song but its anti ingnorant christians. Like Smile Empty Soul. Sometimes to get your point across. You gotta use satire or controversy.

Actually according to Wikipedia, it's about Aaron Lewis targeting "record company executives who idolize money instead of music

Marco Havok yeah i feel like hes saying if all you do is read it burn it its no use, nl good. I think he saying you need to be it and live it. Awesome song

Why is everyone talking about religion?

+TheMostAwesomeMan242 because it is a traditional mindvirus...which should be destroyed? we no longer need it...which is why GOD IS DEAD became a thing.

because "Jesus"

the savior who was murdered by the people he said he came to save, epic fail..mayn.

edallencompassingly I think your comment makes the most sense here

Idolatry*

What? Your comment makes zero sense.

♥ this if you like dis song and ♥ this song if u hate it :)

All play and no work makes a Jack a mere toy, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.-Taken from the Legion of Mary Handbook, from the Catholic Church. I'm only karmicly responsible for what I do not what I think.

every song is open to interpretation..

I think it is funny how people waste their time arguing over silly things. I came here to enjoy some Staind!!! Rock on Aaron!!!!!

if you mean idolizing money, then yeah =/

how the hell is it idolotry

Oh!! What a good argument!! Stupid.-

All this bickering about "what this song means"..who the f$@! Cares! Aaron Lewis even said in an interview once that part of the point/beauty of his lyrics is for the listener to create a meaning of the lyrics themselves! Come on ppl

@BlastBeatsful Lol yeah bro, but that's not the point of the song. Musicians let money take over their intelligence and it changes what makes them individual musicians. They lose their common sense of self control and end up doing stuff like writing music for the money instead of what made them unique in the first place. They lose the passion, and end up doing shit like lip-syncing or posing. Like Aaron says in the song, "Somebody chose these words for you. -Interpretations of the truth."

This song is about religion and its relationship with money, and how Christians have been manipulated and deceived by the church. This church have created a paper jesus for us.

everyone stop this pointless bickoring. there will always be someone who thinks this song is about one thing or another. instead of yelling at them like pompus windbags, why not just tell them where to look for the real thing the song is about. if they still believe it's about something else after seeing the truth. then let them. and move on

INTERNET MOSH!! WHO'S WITH MEH?!

This sonq is awesome I still listen to it in 2011

@xsarinaa i made this comment 9 months ago lmao.

@xsarinaa i made this comment 9 months ago lmao.

@thenuguy65 Lol Nice to know you agree.

this song is talking bout how money rules peoples lives.....very accurate

people really think this is about religion?? whoever thinks that is not only a dumbass, but is also very ignorant!!

Paper Jesus for Chapter V and Paper Wings for Staind album 2011 ;-)

Both with heavy riffs

Aaron always says he wants the listeners to give their own interpretations to a song. Clearly the song is about some kind of controlling industry, like the music industry, but religion is also one of those industries. Every industry that uses money for it goals, to control the herd. (this is just my opinion)

@Neo2234 its about money, not jesus

I am very selective about Staind. I like only a few songs and this is one of them. I also love "King of All Excuses" and possibly some stuff from Dysfunction.

So if it's about religion then tell me why it is called "Paper Jesus" xD
Paper= money, Jesus=Religion: how people love money so much as if it were a god OR for all we know it could be meant to have a double meaning and to be left understood by the listener.

@rushmixtape5 Where is the interview and Ill watch it????? I bet you dont have it. Where??? If he says that he's not talking about religion he is lying which I highly doubt! Only a religious fool could twist shit around that far. Prove me wrong!

Thats what this song is about. Ohh, let me guess, you don't get it either. Figures..

@Pantera4LifeXTX Who`s talking about religion now?

GREED, GREED, GREED, it`s everywhere. Unfortunately today, it`s what makes the world tick@#%%

@xsarinaa i would fuck to it too lol. it has good rhythum.

@megabadass30 ohh I didn't know that... It makes more sense now. :)

I'd fuck to this song.

Arena football game ^^

@megabadass30 Religion IS the root of ALL Evil. Question what they tell you? Own the things you do? Instead of letting jesus's death make all that go away because you're (saved) while everyone that doesn't believe in YOUR god gets tortured forever JUST for not being a member of YOUR religion. Question what they tell you and if you do you should laugh at how ridiculous it really is. Faith is for a Fool. Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Reading other comments, I like it how this song talks about money rather than religion...some bands like to sing about religion. Which I dont like too much...
BUT I LIKE THIS SONG.

@rushmixtape5 record companies dnt care about anything but money. & listening 2 the song 4 the 1st time, i culd understand how ppl wuld think its about religion. it sounds atheist if u dnt no wat its about.

This is one of my favorite songs by them. I hope they can make awesome songs like this or earlier heavy songs for their next record. Illusion of Progress was dull, slow, sappy, and boring...that was a progress of sucking because it sucked big time.

the song is about money our paper jesus greed has comsummed us all and its pritty sad.

Man, I don't know what to believe, but I think about that nothingness too..and it scares me,the thought that this life might end in a complete nothingness...

Btw, this song ain't about religion...read megabass30's comment.

the sad part is that these guys have no idea what the song is about, it's about greed, not religion

this song isn't about the reformation. it's about greed.

"paper jesus" means money, people worship money, there's nothing at all about religion in this song, there's nothing about the church, it's about money

youre an idiot

What if i believe in god and go to church every sunday and get to the end of my life and there is no god you were right ive waisted 1hr every sunday of my life not that big a deal i was wrong....but say we both get to the ends of our lives and we find out there is a god i live in paradise while you burn in hell for all eternity maybe then you will wish you to had gone to church...for your sake i hope youre right...

"paper jesus" means money, this song is about how people are greedy and worship money over gods

lol i was just thinking how life could exist while i was showering im like if everything was 1 ... wouldnt we all be connected? and if there was no life in the beginning how could something dead bring something to life? if it had no ''magicial'' power like the power of life you think life grew out of death? lol..and if we are all connected shouldnt we just accept each other.. without disrespect.
(the biggest question is: How could we die and cease to exist if nothing lived in the beginning?)

Once you understand the illuminati, you'll realize aron's intervew with this song would really make no sense with the lyrics. Think about it. If he spoke about it straight from the truth that it's about illuminati 1st they would berrate and ridicule him and label him another conspiracy theorist 2. It's not often when people speak of such things to masses of people while having a large spand of influence they tend to become assasination targets.

This song is about the illuminati, and money, hence paper jesus, how people tend to worship their money as a god. Listen to the lyrics. This subject he speaks of is more important than any other, especially at this specific time. After you listen to this song, look up aodscarecrow on youtube.

The fucking intro is fucking brutal. Every time I listen to it, it reminds me of an angry journey helping me making it another day. Not only that the lyrics from Aaron have always been there. His "in your face" songs own.

sJennylein - I get your meaning. That's a very astute observation.

Religion, yes. Spirituality, no. And there is a significant difference between the two. And with respect to Christianity - since it's being mentioned so much here - true Christianity is centered around a personal relationship with Christ, as expressed in the Holy Bible, not religious dogma, which most churches push today - protestant, catholic or otherwise. And true Christianity is NOT based upon either fear or guilt, but rather love, mercy and forgiveness.

Now this is the staind I remeber

I see how it's about money. Money is made from paper and jesus is refering to how they treat money as if it is jesus.

in an interview Aaron stated he wrote this song about the record companies and the music industry because hes angry at the music industry, to him it seems that money is all they care bout more than the music.
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION!!!

Rockers liek us don't care about relgion, christians have been opposed to people having a good time since the beginning and should losen up. If their faith is strong, little things like this song shouldn't bother them. And remember theres a lot more blasfimous(sp) things to preach about.

Christians who listen to this will believe what they would like. But this is clearly anti-christian. :) And anti-religion for that matter. I mean look at the lyrics.

"Question what they sell you
All the lies that they are teaching
And they've made a corporation
Out of desperate people's feelings...of fear"

"Somebody chose these words for you
Interpretations of the truth
Somewhere behind your fear they hide
To fill the holes inside"

this song is about how people idolize money.

Paper Jesus = the Bible (sorry^^)

Paper = the Bible

paper jesus = bible = money = greed

papel de hay zues!!!

paper jesus=bible

Jesus...lol
Paper Jesus= Bible.
Listen to the song.

Paper jesus=money correct

Music for me, Staind, come to europe-slovenia, or i ll come to your concert somewhere close to me.