Chorus: Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur!
Scarpia (as if awakening from a dream): Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!Translation
Scarpia (as if awakening from a dream): Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!Translation
— Tosca
Charlie said, "Hell,
if I am guilty,
then God is, as well."
But God was acquitted,
and Charlie committed
until he should hang.
if I am guilty,
then God is, as well."
But God was acquitted,
and Charlie committed
until he should hang.
—The Balladeer, Assassins, "The Ballad of Guiteau"
I'm a thief, I'm a liar
There's my church; I sing in the choir
There's my church; I sing in the choir
— Pearl Jam, "Do the Evolution"
I have not, in the entirety of my life, ever paid taxes. Or customs fees. Or fines of any sort (I do pay my zakat and give sadaqah, of course, for the Divine Authority is the only one I respect).
— The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, narration of the titular pirate captain
