Song meaning
God Song is a parody of the short poem "And did those feet in ancient time" by William Blake (which is supposed to have been composed around 1804).
Comparison
The respective first verse is:
And did those feet in ancient time |
God Song |
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen? |
And did those feet in ancient times
Trod on America's pastures of green?
And did that anthropocentric god wane
With their thoughts and beliefs all unseen? |