secular songs saying biblical things

[Oddball]

So sense "dust in the wind" says basicly what Solomon said. I was wondering what other secular songs reflected biblical stuff

 

[Warpmind]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn! comes to mind...

 

[mlogan]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/lion-of-judah-conquering-lion-lyrics-bob-marley.html

One I discovered recently.

 

[Alexander Amnell]

@Oddball: Pretty much anything Kansas touched will have at least some religious connotation to it, not just from Christianity either but  from Hinduism/Animism (Aperku, Death of Mother Nature Suite) Buddhism (Hymn to the Atman) and sometimes a confused mismatch of philosophical questioning (The Pinnacle). Kerry Livgren went through a sort of spiritual awakening from 1973-the mid eighties as the band grew in fame and towards it's zenith, and their music shows a profound scholarly understanding of a hodgepodge of religious truisms mixed and melded for the most part without contradiction. 

Using Kansas as an example, the song "Hold on: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kansas/holdon.html'>http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kansas/holdon.html " comes to mind as it held so much of a Christian influence (as Livgren had by this time become a Christian in truth) that it and other subsequent Christianity-inspired songs would splinter the band and threaten to destroy them completely. 

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn! comes to mind...

Man, you beat me to it.  I always liked this song.

 

[woootbm]

@Oddball: Pretty much anything Kansas [...]

Hell yeah, Kansas! There's also The "Portrait (He Knew)." Although some of the lines I think are theorized to be about Newton or Einstein, a lot of them sound like they are about the son of the big guy in the sky. Livgren even redid the song in his Christian band AD years later (as "Portrait II") and I think changed very little to make it more in line with his new band's spirituality.

I've always felt their biggest hit "Carry on Wayward Son" had to be something Biblical, too.

 

[captainproton]

Lady Gaga's Judas doesn't have any biblical quotations, but beats you over the head with references.

 

[Celianna]

This thread is bordering on discussion of religion (which is against the rules), so I'm just checking in to say to keep it light hearted, don't turn it into a debate, and just keep it about songs that reference religion.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

I think religion is such a common touchstone in culture that of course you are going to get allusions to it in song, even from non-religious people

 

[captainproton]

Just a reminder of how amazing this often-forgotten Disney movie is:



Seemed to fit the topic, sorta.

 

[Ralpf]

Dream Theater - The Shattered Fortress

Has the Prayer of St Francis (paraphrased) in it, not sure if any of of it can found verbatim in the bible, though. (Though, technically, the prayer is there because of its connection with Alcoholics Anonymous).