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Ghost's entire philosophy as a band is to poke at sacred cows by laundering satanic worship and traditional religious criticisms through glowing pop-metal songs. They make the types of tunes that your conservative grandma might find herself whistling along with, not knowing that the sunny melody she's humming is called "Satan's Prayer." That winking subtly has always been a part of the Ghost project, but on their new album Impera, Tobias Forge wrote a song that's not shy about who and what it's about: "Bible thumpers" like former Vice President Mike Pence who "eat shit out of someone's ass in order to achieve whatever they're trying to achieve."
In a new interview with Kerrang!, Forge revealed that the song "Grift Wood" (amazing title) takes aim at Donald Trump's former right-hand-man, and other politicians, preachers and power-hungry people like him, who use religion as a means for their own personal gain.
"That song's about him and anyone like him who's willing to soil everything they've worked for," Forge said. "They definitely qualify for a front-row ticket to Hell. Which is so ironic, because that's what they believe in. [People like that] completely demean themselves, and just eat shit out of someone's ass in order to achieve whatever they're trying to achieve.
"Again, he stands as a symbol for people of all times, where the end game is wrapped with some sort of religious [thing]. He's known as this sort of Bible thumper, believing that he has strong faith, and he's just this awful, awful person in any way. He tries to tell the world that he serves God, that he's part of the good side. Whereas at the end of the day, the only thing he wants is power. But it doesn't have to necessarily be all about him. It's about people like him: a lot of politicians, lot of preachers, a lot of clergymen throughout the history of time."
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