Bethlehem

"Bethlehem" is a song by the English musician Declan McKenna. The song was originally recorded for his second self-released album, I've Made It Further Than You (No, Not You). It was later rerecorded and released as a single for his EP Liar, and his debut album, What Do You Think About The Car?. It was released on June 7, 2016. The song was written entirely by McKenna himself, and was produced by James Ford.

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The song finds Declan damning religion’s ugly grip on war and hate.

"Having been raised like a Catholic, I have a sort of sympathy for religion, in that I think that religion’s religion. It can be bad or good. People can take it however they want. My parents, for example, aren’t as negative or oppressive as certain strands of Christianity and other religions are. I wanted to write about just the negative stuff, because there is a lot of it that has come out of religion."