Heretic Heart

Song: Heretic Heart
Artist: Catherine Madsen
Album: The Best Of Pagan Songs
HERETIC HEART
I am a bold and a Pagan soul a-rattlin' through this land.
I judge the world by my own lights and I come by my own hand;
And if you ask me where I learned to live so recklessly,
My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority.
My mother was a spinner of tales, my father a dreaming man.
And I have swung on the Dragon's Tongue and danced on holy land.
I have sung the seed up from the ground and the bird down from the tree;
My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority.
Once I was bound but now I'm gone away from the faithful fold
From those who preach that holiness is to do as you are told.
Though law and scripture, priest and prayer have all instructed me,
My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority.
They tell me Jesus loves me, but I think he loves in vain;
He must go unrequited, on me he has no claim.
For the man who would command me must wear the horn and let me be
My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority.
And while I breathe this glorious air, an outlaw I'll remain;
My body will not be subdued and I will not be saved
And if I cannot shout aloud, I'll sing it secretly,
My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority!

[@AliciaNyblade]

Wonderful! Hail to the Goddess, the Horned One, and the wisdom of the Christ which the religion named after him has chosen to forget. Blessed be!

[@RowanWiccae]

Hell yeah, first one to comment in 2021!!!! Randomly found this song a few months ago and thought this was a pretty easy song to memorize for a group meet up at a pagan even i'm going to later in the year :)

[@xx_dark_angel_x.x]

Yes yes. Where has this song been

[@DeltaDusk125]

Love it. 🌹🥰♥️

[@caveman9298]

I love this song been looking for it for years my memory sucks so I forgot the title

[@caveman9298]

We need more upbeat music. Guitars and drums, doesn't have to use electric, acoustic ( especially old Spanish) sounds amazing with our lyrics.

[@InnannasRainbow]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!

[@SraPamela]

Most of the songs are performed like we're in the 1600's because it's something natural, I mean, they can play these songs anywhere, specially in a forest where we're closer to the goddess which has no plugs or wires. That's just my opinion about it.

[@sarajacobphotographe]

It's in reference to The Horned God.

[@CleverChimney]

wow I hadn't heard this since the 80's I LOVE this song and forgot the title and who wrote/sang it.

[@shawnseymour6464]

I like this. And i'm not even pagan. I'm agnostic and a conservative.

[@Crone.of.theGrove]

Fax

[@downtoearthliz]

There is a slightly different rendition of this song on the Moonrise album

[@Ongarukat]

I'm with Quixotic311. This sounds awesome as is, but other genres would sound just as good. :)

[@ishner]

Does anyone have a chord progression for this?

[@lilkuo]

one question about the man wear the horn?i do not understand ?

[@asheisadora]

The Divine Masculine, also known as the Horned God.... think of Pan or Cernunnos.

[@tamarawyndham7518]

"Heretic Heart" by Catherine Madsen I am a bold and a Pagan soul a-rattlin' through this land. I judge the world by my own lights and I come by my own hand; And if you ask me where I learned to live so recklessly, My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority. My mother was a spinner of tales, my father a dreaming man And I have swung on the Dragon's Tongue and danced on holy land. I have sung the seed up from the ground and the bird down from the tree; My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority. Once I was bound but now I'm gone away from the faithful fold From those who preach that holiness is to do as you are told. Though law and scripture, priest and prayer have all instructed me, My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority. They tell me Jesus loves me, but I think he loves in vain; He must go unrequited, on me he has no claim For the man who would command me must wear the horn and let me be My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority. And while I breathe this glorious air, an outlaw I'll remain; My body will not be subdued and I will not be saved And if I cannot shout aloud, I'll sing it secretly, My skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority!

[@yvonner913]

No more conversing with trolls for me!

[@Quixotic311]

I dig the lyrics, but I'd enjoy the song in a different genre. I don't see why so much of pagan music apparently has to be performed like we're in the 1600's.

[@tarsismartins8989]

That sounds like a great idea! You should do it. :3

[@slayeri4244]

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