Behind the Song - Quit Hanging Out With Those Friends

Here's a little tune I wrote about the frustration I felt after cutting ties with a religion whose followers didn't seem to be embodying the things I felt were most beneficial to being a person of faith (for example, loving everyone, having compassion, not judging people). Somehow I feel like those people get to keep god in the custody battle even though they demonstrate behavior that my idea of god would abhor. Sometimes you just gotta have a stern talk to god and tell her you're worried about the people she's been hanging out with.

Lyrics:

​1. quit hanging out with those friends 
they mess with your reputation 
as long as they keep judging 
what they think is a sin 
i just can't stand for them 

2. quit letting them spoil your name 
don't you feel like you're being framed? 
they shoot you like bullets of blame 
and i don't like their aim 
don't you feel the same? 

3. i'd love it if you could come back 
not just airplanes and panic attacks 
i just don't think that it would last 
considering our past 
so i don't even ask 

4. they say every day that they serve you 
they're lying cause they got the nerve to 
make me feel like i don't deserve you 
i got no one to turn to 
god dammit i urge you 

5. to quit hanging out with those friends 
they mess with your reputation 
i don't like to give ultimatums 
but i fuckin' hate 'em 
why'd you even create 'em? 

quit hanging out with those friends