Перевод песни Ben Caplan - Truth Doesn't Live in a Book

Everybody knows that the Bible is full of wisdom. The Good Book is great; but, a few thousand years of disputes and debates have shown that the text was written in such a way that it inherently requires intensive, rigorous, and constant interpretation!

Did you know that when the Bible was given
It was delivered along with an oral tradition
Which, at the time, was expressly forbidden
To be written down?

Now, the reason why, I submit, must be
Is that this was to prevent undue rigidity
You see, the Bible is a living work that needs to breathe
In order to stay alive

Now, I hope my approach won’t be seen as ham-fisted
And we all know that words get distorted and twisted
But, it is my contention that some of the best bits
Were not written down…

Always have a little bit of salt with your tequila
Don’t smoke your stash if you’re gonna be a deala’
Try to drink at least eight cups of water every day
Always keep your hockey stick on the ice
If you wanna cut once, ya better measure twice
There’s no such thing as a lunch that’s really free

“An eye for an eye” means fair compensation
It doesn’t mean “take up arms with another nation”
Anything written down can be twisted apart
Don’t be ashamed to talk about your mental health
Try to love your neighbor like ya love yourself
That one’s in there, but it always gets forgotten

Truth doesn’t live in a book, you find it in the little surprises
The Good Book is only a lens to focus the view
“Justice for all” is composed of the ugliest compromises
You can’t only look at the lens, you gotta look through

There’s no such thing as a virgin conception
Every good rule has a notable exception
Don’t surround yourself with friends who only agree
Don’t count your eggs before they’re chicken
Ask for consent before ya put your dick in
Ain’t nothing wrong with homosexuality

Don’t get caught with your pants around your ankle
If you wanna hide your money, stick it in a Swiss bank-le
Every banking system needs a lot of regulation
Never draw a picture of the prophet Mohammed
Unless you’re a cartoonist and ya really, really wanna
Illustrate cultural insensitivity

Truth doesn’t live in a book, you find it in the little surprises
The Good Book is only a lens to focus the view
“Justice for all” is composed of the ugliest compromises
You can’t only look at the lens, you gotta look through

Truth doesn’t live in a book (Come on!), you find it in the little surprises
The Good Book is only a lens to focus the view
“Justice for all” is composed of the ugliest compromises
You can’t only look at the lens, you gotta look through

(Truth does not live in a book) Truth does not live in a book
(You find it in the little surprises) You find it in the little surprises, woah
(The Good Book is only a lens to focus the view)
You gotta focus a view, for all
(“Justice for all” is composed of the ugliest compromises)
Is the power! The soul! Money! Ugly
(You can’t only look at the lens, you gotta look through)
Compromises! Ya gotta look through
You have to live in the world to get to the truth