David Bazan

You've heard the story You know how it goes Once upon a garden We were lovers with no clothes Fresh from the soil We were beautiful and true In control of our emotions 'Till we ate the poison fruit And now its hard to be a decent human being Wait just a minute You expect me to believe that all this misbehaving Grew from one enchanted tree And helpless to fight it We should all be satisfied With the magical explanation For why the living die Childbirth is painful We toil to grow our food Ignorance made us hungry Information made us no good Every burden misunderstood So I swung my tassel To the left side of my cap Knowing after graduation There would be no going back And no congratulations From my faithful family Some of whom are already fasting To intercede for me Because it's hard to be a decent human being David Bazan formed the band Pedro the Lion, perhaps the first Christian indie rock band, in 1995. This former evangelical Christian now calls himself an agnostic with some lingering deistic notions. Bazan's wife and parents are still believing Christians. His new album "Curse Your Branches" is described as a break-up record with god.