Jesus He Knows Me by Genesis

又要分享另外一首歌給大家了。這次挑的這首歌還是跟Phil Collins有關，這是Phil Collins擔任主唱期間Genesis樂團的一首歌。

稍微介紹一下Genesis樂團好了。這個樂團首任主唱是單飛之後很有名的Peter Gabriel，原本的編制是Peter Gabriel擔任主唱，Anthony Phillips擔任吉他手，Tony Banks擔任鍵盤手，Mike Rutherford為貝斯&吉他手，以及Chris Stewart擔任鼓手。後來經過一些變動，Phil Collins加入成為該樂團的鼓手，緊接著Peter Gabriel離開樂團，然後由Phil Collins擔任該團主唱兼鼓手。

樂團表演及出專輯期間，各個團員依然有各自的表演事業發展，其中當然以Phil Collins的表現最為人所知。

那麼為什麼我特別要選這首歌出來做為年終的回顧呢？主要還是在於這首歌的歌詞。直接來看很明顯的是在描述西方電視常有的電視佈道大會裡的神棍，用著各種絢爛的詞彙迷惑著在電視機前觀看的人們，讓這些人彷彿走火入魔般的瘋狂捐獻，一如中古世紀教會推出的贖罪券一般，似乎捐錢就可以得到救贖。

可是除了一眼就可以看出來的神棍之外，事實上還有許多不是一眼就看的出來，可是他們做的事情跟騙錢的神棍沒啥兩樣的傢伙不斷的靠著電視或各種媒體來迷惑社會大眾，只是他們騙的不只是你的錢而已，甚至是你所擁有的自由、人權。這樣的傢伙所帶來的危害才是無形且巨大的，可是絕大多數人因為只有被動接受電視媒體的灌輸，失去了自行去追求事情真相的能力，於是讓這些人更可以為所欲為，反正大多數人已經被灌輸成只要吃飽就好了，其他的事情就交給專業的來吧。

這個年終很多人很難過，但是還有更多人根本不在乎他人如何，反正壞事還沒輪到他頭上，繼續得過且過可也。

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
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You see the face on the tv screen
Coming at you every sunday
See that face on the billboard
That man is me

On the cover of the magazine
There's no question why I'm smiling
You buy a piece of paradise
You buy a piece of me

I'll get you everything you wanted
I'll get you everything you need
Don't need to believe in hereafter
Just believe in me

Cos jesus he knows me
And he knows I'm right
I've been talking to jesus all my life
Oh yes he knows me
And he knows I'm right
And he's been telling me
Everything is alright

I believe in the family
With my ever loving wife beside me
But she don't know about my girlfriend
Or the man I met last night

Do you believe in god
Cos that's what I'm selling
And if you wanna get to heaven
I'll see you right

You won't even have to leave your house
Or get outta your chair
You don't even have to touch that dial
Cos I'm everywhere

And jesus he knows me
And he knows I'm right
I've been talking to jesus all my life
Oh yes he knows me
And he knows I'm right
Well he's been telling me
Everythings gonna be alright

Won't find me practising what I'm preaching
Won't find me making no sacrifice
But I can get you a pocketful of miracles
If you promise to be good, try to be nice
God will take good care of you
Just do as I say, don't do as I do

I'm counting my blessings,
I've found true happiness
Cos I'm getting richer, day by day
You can find me in the phone book,
Just call my toll free number
You can do it anyway you want
Just do it right away

There'll be no doubt in your mind
You'll believe everything I'm saying
If you wanna get closer to him
Get on your knees and start paying

Cos jesus he knows me
And he knows I'm right
I've been talking to jesus all my life
Oh yes he knows me
And he knows I'm right
Well he's been telling me
Everythings gonna be alright, alright

Jesus he knows me
Jesus he knows me, you know...