1st verse:
My Lord God said I can take their lives.
I can kill them and eat them and choose when they die.
They have no souls; I can take their lives.
Oh I tried to believe, but it didn’t seem right.

In the past we would eat them: we had to survive.
But today we don’t need meat to be strong and thrive.

Refrain:
The Lord teaches Pure Love and to kill without cause
Is not God, is not Love, so I’ll keep them alive.

2nd verse:
My Lord God says we can take their lives.
So we kill them and feast on them. I wondered why.
They have no souls, so let’s take their lives.
And so I did this too, but it didn’t seem right.

For in all of God’s creatures, there shines a bright light.
And I don’t need to put this light out to survive.

Refrain:
The Lord teaches Pure Love and to kill without cause
Is not God, is not Love, so I’ll keep them alive.

Copyright © 1998-2004 by Mohan Embar. All Rights Reserved.
Words, music and translations by Mohan Embar with thanks to Wanda and Sandrine.
Reproduction allowed in unabridged, unaltered form if accompanied by this message.

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