I thought I'd wait awhile to see how this parody that satirizes the social structures widely accepted as normal would go over. I have ten such songs. In this song, it's about people who use their professed faith for their own power, greed, and excuses. When I draw comic strips or write songs that are parodies, I'm the one who will declare that the emperor has no clothes! Frank Zappa was a master at this kind of songwriting. He could write a catchy tune that captured the emotional feel of his lyrics which very much amplified the emotion of his songs that could either delight, offend, or make you say, "Well, ain't that the truth!"

DCuny, Good observation on the real tracks piano. I'll listen to it more closely. Could even be the vocal it's fighting.

Mario, I agree wholeheartedly. Songs that point out in satire, especially ones that get into politics or religion, is like stepping on the social mine field. Well, must be the cartoonist in me.

GHacker, almost every box! Yeee-haaa! Git along little dogies! Anyway, I was also happy with the sound and production. Band in a Box makes such good tracks that very few mixing tricks have to be done on them, if at all.

Musician17, you're absolutely correct. Any popular belief system is vulnerable to becoming polluted. Greed and power always steps in. Thank you for your insights and compliments!

DC, I originally sang it but with each revision, the microphone always made each clip sound different. Maybe I'll try it as a whole again. But I thought it would fit well to have a comical vocal, too. Ralph is one of the selections in Audimee but you must provide your own vocal! I'm okay with that. I do prefer an actual human recording, though. Yep, it was tricky but I tend to go full speed ahead and write words to hit the target.

Marty, because I have autism, for some reason I'm easy to pick out even though I don't want to be, and that's what happened in churches when a visiting evangelist or some group leader wanted to make an example and humiliate someone, besides being berated by individuals in the churches. Heck, I could get that kind of treatment in bars! I saw how men loved to use their superiority and the women who wanted to be part of their power...and how you had to "fit in" to be accepted.

Noel, yep! Took years of experiences and that's how I came to write the song.

Eze, the fadeout at the end seemed appropriate. The character of Ralph seemed to fit. I like the fact that Audimee is royalty-free, that the people who actually record sounds for them are paid for what they do, and that they are individual sounds as Band in a Box are individual sounds and are not culled from complete recordings made by other artists. Oh, and maybe Oral Roberts might have, too.