Keith Green Isn't Feeling Like Himself

Here we are at the seventh song on Keith Green's first album (For Him Who Has Ears to Hear), and Keith is speaking on behalf of Lucifer.

I kid you not.

Instead of singing, "Hey, people, Biblical truth is still Biblical truth! Satan is not a fairy tale!", Green puts on the persona of the chief fallen angel and proudly sings "No One Believes in Me Anymore (Satan's Boast)".

Oh, my job keeps getting easier

As time keeps slippin' away

I can imitate the brightest light

And make the night look just like day

I put some truth in every lie

To tickle itching ears

You know, I'm drawing people just like flies

'Cause they like what they hear

I'm gaining power by the hour

They're falling by the score

You know it's getting very simple now

Since no one believes in me anymore!

Oh, heaven's just a state of mind

My books read on your shelf

Or have you heard that God is dead?

I made that one up myself

They're dabbling with magic spells

They get their fortunes read

You know, they heard the truth

But turned away

And then followed me instead

I used to have to sneak around

But now they just open their doors

No one's watching for my tricks

Since no one believes in me anymore!

Everyone likes a winner

With my help, you're guaranteed to win

Hey man, you ain't no sinner!

No, you've got the truth within

And as your life slips by you believe the lie

That you did it on your own

But don't worry

I'll be there to help you share

Our dark eternal home

Our dark eternal home!

Oh, my job keeps getting easier

As day slips into day

The magazines, the newspapers

Print every word I say

This world is just my spinning top

It's all like child's play

You know, I dream that it will never stop

But I know it's not that way

Still, my work goes on and on

Always stronger than before

I'm gonna make it dark before the dawn

Since no one believes in me anymore!

Well, I used to have to sneak around

But now they just open their doors

You know, no one's watching for my tricks

Since no one believes in me anymore!

Well, I'm gaining power by the hour,

They're falling by the score,

You know, it's getting very easy now

Since no one believes in me anymore!

No one believes in me anymore!

No one BELIEVES in me anymore!

©1977 April Music

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Truth is...It wouldn't be fair to expect a song to take the place of C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters in just three minutes and twenty seconds, but this could certainly be Side One, Song One of an album full of music inspired by that classic book.