Genesis – Think Bensonium

Day 446: You’re no son of mine, Genesis

Roderick Benson — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 23:00:41 +0000

This song get’s my vote for its musical and lyrical intensity. A very moving song about a very sad subject of the permanent breakdown of a father and son’s relationship laced with permanent unforgiveness on the part of the father.

Day 373: Dreaming while you sleep, Genesis

Roderick Benson — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:25 +0000

So this song is particularly interesting lyrically for it covers a disturbing theme of a guy who hits a woman in his car while driving home. Out of fear he doesn’t stop but continues on his way. It is clear from the song that the woman is not killed but remains in a permanent coma. Although the hit and run driver escapes justice, he cannot escape his conscience and it is his anguish cry against his conscience that occupies the chorus of the song

All my life I’ll be haunted by
All my life just one moment in time
All my life until the day I die
And it will live inside of me
I will never be free all my life
Trapped in her memory all my life
Till the day that you open your eyes

Day 312: Jesus he knows me, Genesis

Roderick Benson — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:25 +0000

A very dark song by Genesis taking a very appropriate dig at the false prophets of Christianity that use the things of Jesus to make a shed load of money by conning the gullible out of their hard earned cash. I have always surmised that these religious charlatans must truly be atheists. The reason I think this is simply because if they really did have any concept that the underlying gospel, on which they have built their lies, was actually true they surely would worry about a future date when they must stand before Jesus and explain why they used his atoning work for humanity to rob people through their religious scams.