Excluding JW songs (so that excludes the entire RAINBOW CHILDREN album).

"Thunder" strikes me as very religious.

the cross... or... holly river...

God
One Of Us
The Christ!
Still would Stand All Time

"I would die 4 U"----more "religious" than anything on The Rainbow Children.

I would call "Still Would Stand All Time" the most passionate spiritual song. The word "religious" can be interpreted in a few ways.
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God
u will be moved

a few of my favs...
God -- "God, He came as a man"
Holy River -- "God -- say His name: Jesus"
Anna Stesia -- "Save me Jesus... You are my God"
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The Last Decemberrrrr
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sometimes we can not be sure if prince is singing about sex or god...you see the words how you want to...

Anna Stesia, Thunder, 7

God
Anna Stesia
7

^I love The Word.

The Ladder

4 the Tears in Your Eyes deserves honorable mention.

^good one


God
The Cross
4 the Tears in Your Eyes
I Would Die 4 U

playme3121 said:

One of us isn't techincally his.....

jone70 said:

I def agree with "for the tears in your eys"

skywalker said:

Word...people are so funny...but you are always on point

I Would Die 4 U is the most religious song P has ever done. Even more so than the Cross

The song is so good and so addictive that people that aren't religious completely miss the story. That has always been hilarious too me

Eye No

ElectricBlue said:

And God Created Woman and The Sacrifice of Victor

God

skywalker said:

Absolutely agree.

Purple Rain!

One Song

I'm not sure how a 'religious' song is more or less religious than another religious song. Percentage of lyrics that use religious words? Is Pope Catholic?

I completely agree about I Would Die 4 U...if you read the lyrics and imagine
Jesus himself speaking these very lines...chills up yo spine.
It speaks of forgiving the sinners if they believe...
This song does get lost as a spiritual song because of it's catchiness and the fact that, in the context of the movie, it's a tribute song to his father, with no hint that it actually means much more...just listen to the words.

I Would Die 4 U

I'm not a woman
I'm not a man
I am something that U'll never understand
I'll never beat U
I'll never lie
And if U're evil I'll forgive U by and by

CHORUS:
Cuz U - I would die 4 U, yeah
Darlin', if U want me 2
U - I would die 4 U

I'm not your lover
I'm not your friend
I am something that U'll never comprehend
No need 2 worry
No need 2 cry
I'm your messiah and U're the reason why

CHORUS

U're just a sinner I am told
Be your fire when U're cold
Make U happy when U're sad
Make U good when U are bad
I'm not a human, I am a dove
I'm your conscience, I am love
All I really need is 2 know that U believe (Yeah)

I would die 4 U, yeah
Darlin', if U want me 2
U - I would die 4 U

Yeah, say it one more time

U - I would die 4 U (U)
Darlin', if U want me 2
U - I would die 4 U
2 3 4 U

I would die 4 U {x2}
U - I would die 4 U {x2}
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The crap on 'The Rainbow Children' that is downright dogmatic religious...

Princes' lyrics about the 'devine' were way better when he keeped it on a more open, spiritual level. At least you had the opportunity to connect those lyrics to your own spiritual idea's.

On The Rainbow Children and also on some songs on 3121, the religious lyrics irritate me a lot, showing a Prince who sounds dogmatic, limitating himselve and his muse, a painfull example of a person misunderstanding 'scriptures' with feelings and intuition.