MiKoPan - The God They Made

I love God, but not the God they made [Verse 1] I love God, but not the God they made, Not the one they turned into a price to be paid. A human-made kingdom dressed in divine light, Built from fear, belief & the need to be right. They found people broken, searching for a sign, Then offered them answers they could never define. A promise of heaven, a warning of hell, A story repeated until the story sells. [Pre-Chorus] Hope became the product, faith became the trade, And fear became the reason that the product never fades. One more dose of comfort when reality gets rough, One more promise that tomorrow will be enough. [Chorus] I love God, but not the God they made, Not the human machine built in His name. Not the fear, not the power, not the control, Not the promise designed to capture the soul. I love God, but not the God they made, [Verse 2] Different books, different prophets, different names, Different roads to heaven, but familiar games. They divide the human race into “us” and “them,” Then teach suspicion before they teach respect. The mind becomes a battlefield, belief becomes the wall, And fear of being wrong becomes the strongest law of all. While people fight to prove whose version is divine, The ones who claim authority remain behind the line. [Pre-Chorus] No chains around the body, no prison made of steel, Just a story so convincing that the prison doesn't feel real. The promise of salvation becomes the perfect key, Because the fear of losing heaven can control what people see. [Chorus] I love God, but not the God they made, Not the human machine built in His name. Not the fear, not the power, not the control, Not the promise designed to capture the soul. I love God, but not the God they made, [Bridge] What if the voice was never meant to sound like them? What if the truth was never meant to need a throne? What if every answer written down by human hands Was only someone trying to explain what they don't understand? What if God was never meant to be explained, By men who took His silence and gave it a name? They spoke with His authority, claimed to know His mind, And turned their own beliefs into a truth they could define. [Breakdown] Maybe there is nothing pulling every string. Maybe there's no ruler behind everything. Maybe chaos isn't something we should fear. Maybe nobody has the answers waiting here. Maybe truth is harder than a comforting lie. Maybe the universe doesn't owe us a reason why. [Final Chorus] I love God, but not the God they made, Not the human machine built in His name. Not the fear, not the power, not the control, Not the promise designed to capture the soul. If God exists, He doesn't need a throne Built by men who claim they speak for Him alone. This isn't faith I'm fighting, this is what we do: Took something that we couldn't understand, Then built our own answers and called them His command. I love God, but not the God they made, [Outro] I love God. I just don't need a man to tell me what He meant.