{"id":44395,"date":"2025-06-07T16:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=44395"},"modified":"2025-06-07T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:37:33","slug":"holy-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/06\/07\/holy-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Holy-Cow.mp3\">Holy-Cow.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Holy-Cow.mp4\">Holy-Cow.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3\">Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4\">Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Holy-Cow-intro.mp3\">Holy-Cow-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nKilling the sacred cow<br \/>\nTo feast on the beast<br \/>\nCould get karmic, somehow<br \/>\nAt the very least<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHoly cow<br \/>\n(You sacred bovine, you)<br \/>\nWatch&#8230; just &#8220;wow&#8221;<br \/>\n(The bull you chew and spew)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nGo-hatya! Go-hatya!<br \/>\n(Go, yeah, yeah, yeah)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nSpiritual downfall<br \/>\nFor us all<br \/>\nShould have killed<br \/>\nThe golden calf<br \/>\nNow self-willed<br \/>\nLife cut in half<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHoly cow<br \/>\n(You sacred bovine, you)<br \/>\nWatch&#8230; just &#8220;wow&#8221;<br \/>\n(The bull you chew and spew)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nGo-hatya! Go-hatya!<br \/>\n(Go, yeah, yeah, yeah)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHoly cow<br \/>\n(You sacred bovine, you)<br \/>\nWatch&#8230; just &#8220;wow&#8221;<br \/>\n(The bull you chew and spew)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nGo-hatya! Go-hatya!<br \/>\n(Go, yeah, yeah, yeah)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"445\"><strong data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"445\">Religious Consequences in Hinduism<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"867\">\n<li data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"592\">\n<p data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"592\">In ancient Hindu scriptures like the <strong data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"499\">Manusmriti<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"522\">Dharmashastras<\/strong>, killing a cow is considered a serious sin (often called <em data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"590\">go-hatya<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"712\">\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"712\">Atonement could include <strong data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"637\">ritual penance<\/strong>, such as fasting, pilgrimage, or other forms of expiation (<em data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"710\">pr\u0101ya\u015bcitta<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"867\">\n<p data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"867\">In some interpretations, the sin of cow-killing is said to lead to <strong data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"804\">spiritual downfall<\/strong>, karmic consequences, or being reborn in a lower form of life.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Song inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/holy\/\">Holy<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy-Cow.mp3 Holy-Cow.mp4 Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp3 Holy-Cow-Unplugged-Underground-XX.mp4 Holy-Cow-intro.mp3 [Verse 1] Killing the sacred cow To feast on the beast Could get karmic, somehow At the very least [Chorus] Holy cow (You sacred bovine, you) Watch&#8230; just &#8220;wow&#8221; (The bull you chew and spew) [Bridge] Go-hatya! 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