What is the song Dear God about?

Answer 1

I assume you are referring to the song by XTC. The lyrics are about a person who is going through profound religious doubt and wants God to prove that He exists. The singer is angry about the hypocrites who do evil in God's name, but he is also angry that there are wars, famines, and diseases and despite how fervently people pray, God does not seem to respond. But although the song expresses the singer's refusal to believe and his anguish about what he blames organized religion for doing, the ending of the song can be taken in several ways. He says "...and if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon my sleeve. If there's one thing I don't believe in, it's you...." Of course, on one level, he is just saying he's done, he rejects religion once and for all.

And yet, he is singing this song to a God he says he doesn't believe in, almost as if he is issuing a challenge and expecting (or hoping for) a reply-- he does say his heart is on his sleeve, which means he is showing himself as vulnerable and wonders if God cares. Perhaps despite his frustration at how unfair and irrational life seems, he is demanding that God show Himself and prove that there is some good reason to have faith. Some people have said this song is blasphemous, but I've always regarded it as cathartic: the singer needs to express his pain and his doubt and his sorrow, and he is looking for an answer that may or may not come.