Feeling silly, so here's a silly song.

A silly song with some profound meaning, from one of the most amazing entertainers that my humble homeland of Flanders has to offer.

(no, not the guy on the thumbnail. Though that's his long-term partner-in-crime)

The song's in Dutch, so I decided to make a translation of it. It's not a literal translation; I made it more or less fit the meter and rhyme, while preserving its essence.

We need some more options in available messiahs. Too much controversy on all the old ones

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Artist: Bart Peeters
Title: Messiah

Someone want to be
Someone want to be
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?

I am looking for a messiah
Man or woman, I don't care
Who can give my soul some salvation
Because it's full of wear and tear

I am looking for a saviour
Someone who's eager and enthused
He doesn't have to die for me
Just need my sins to be excused

Someone want to be
Someone want to be
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?

I am looking for a messiah
Not yet abused to fuel turmoil
No fast route to a doomsday war
No saviour who smells like oil

Someone that no extremist [/president/pessimist/...]
has ever sworn on in their rants
A messiah who is still fresh
And who has no blood on his hands

Someone want to be
Someone want to be
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?

I want a prophet, in high heels or with moustache
I seek a god who's full of grace
The kind that laughs along with people having fun
Whose church is no glamorous place

Someone want to be
Someone want to be
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?

Someone want to be
Someone want to be
Short-term or longer if it pleases ya
Someone want to be my messiah?
Someone want to be my messiah?

Comments

[Nyerguds]

On a related note, I watched the Dune movie, and it is good.

But Muad'Dib definitely doesn't fall in the category of messiahs without blood on their hands