Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
The terms belief and knowledge are used differently in philosophy.
Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge and belief. The primary problem in epistemology is to understand exactly what is needed in order for us to have true knowledge. In a notion derived from Plato's dialogue Theaetetus, philosophy has traditionally defined knowledge as "justified true belief". The relationship between belief and knowledge is that a belief is knowledge if the belief is true, and if the believer has a justification (reasonable and necessarily plausible assertions/evidence/guidance) for believing it is true.
A false belief is not considered to be knowledge, even if it is sincere. A sincere believer in the flat earth theory does not know that the Earth is flat. Later epistemologists, for instance Gettier (1963) and Goldman (1967), have questioned the "justified true belief" definition.
Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if it were the simplest form of mental representation and therefore one of the building blocks of conscious thought. Philosophers have tended to be more abstract in their analysis, and much of the work examining the viability of the belief concept stems from philosophical analysis.
All I ever need is the truth but I all ever want is affection
Masquerade as Jesus Christ and suffer the crucifixion
Lips that speak of love eternal come heal my savaged skin
Cast aside all thought of revenge searching for Nirvana within
And God only knows my belief holds strong
The wisdom comes when the heart suffers long
And I'm shedding tears for Judas a kiss may betray
And I'm on the side of angels on the heels of a dream a ghost to lay
A hard reign may fall and a cruel wind may blow
The moon may be pale and I may never know
The need for silence but I can see hope in the wind in the rain
Lay belief on me my angel child
The actor and the poet martyr castles carved in sand
Delight and the promise of Eden lay in the touch of your hand
As sweet as sin sweeter still the taste
The way of all flesh lay me to waste
And heaven knows that the meek shall inherit the earth
Lay belief on me my angel child
Behold a silent ocean in a precious grain of sand
And if I have to explain then you'll never understand
My petals are strewn scattered by the breeze
It's whispered in the wind echoes through the trees
Love's a disease and it rips me apart
Come heal my ravaged heart
Is it love that you're after?
Don't ever tell you anything?
That's not love, that's confusion
Don't you ever find out anything?
Is it honesty that you're after?
Don't you have it questioning?
That's not honesty, that's delusion
Will you ever find out anything?
Believe me
Believe everything
Believe me
Believe anything (reapeat)
Is it love that you're wanting?
Don't ever tell you anything?
That's not love, that's confusion
Will you ever learn anything?
Is it answers that you're wanting?
Don't you ever find out anything?
Is it anything that you're wanting?
Oh everything
Believe me
Believe everything
Believe me
Believe anything (x8)
Belief
Belief
Belief
You're always thinking
About what to say and what to do
But what's more important
To stay honest or to stay true?
I can't see you
Where are you now?
Do you still believe?
Or did you give up?
Changing ideals
As if they mean nothing
Once again you've turned your back
On what once meant everything to us
I can't see you
Where are you now?
Do you still believe?
Or did you give up?
Do you still believe?
Do you still have some dreams?
Did you move on?
Or did you sell out?
I can't see you
Underground And Wicked
Into The Vast
Prone To Waiting
Your Time Allowed
Want To Paint It
Across The Sky
One Dimension
Soon Divide
You Wanna Know?
You Wanna Know It
To Keep Strong
And To Feel Like New
Kill The Prophet
And Saw The Body In Two
You Wanna Show?
You Wanna Know It
You Wanna Know?
Fall Into The Light
Join...
[Lead: Danny Lauzon]
What Do You Do Now?
Your Times Wasted
Feel Malevolent
Not A Scholar I Am
Feel The Cross Defy
No Coming Back
Walk To The Light
Don't Turn Around
You Wanna Know?
You Wanna Know It
Now I know
Nothing's ever what it seems
Money talks
Now I see Religion screams
I believe
What I hear and what I see
And in myself
The king of my own destiny
The angles of heavens, the demons of hell
The creatures we had to create
Why are you scared to see who you are
Be in control of your life
And fate
I can't see
Why you choose to dedicate
All your life
to assure you went to heaven's gate
The angles of heavens, the demons of hell
The creatures we had to create
Why are you scared to see who you are
Be in control of your life
And fate
I can't say
That I am right and you are wrong
But common sense can tell a truth or two
All those lives
Lost in battle of belief
An it's all because
You were pull to believe
In different lies
The angles of heavens, the demons of hell
The creatures we had to create
Why are you scared to see who you are
Be in control of your life
If god is above and the devil beneath
Then we all belong here on earth
Cause no one is good or evil to the core
[Verse 1]
Every time I see the sunset,
I look for something more in it
As if something will pop out to me right there
The paper and the TV,
Well, they all wanna save me
They point me to the sunset so I stare
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening
To the song that I sing?
Does anyone even know who I am?
If I sing hallelujah
Right on up to ya
Would your angels even give a damn?
[Verse 2]
When the cowards turn to soldiers,
To solve all their problems
I wonder what I’m supposed to believe
And the news reporters set the plane
To the people who don’t think the same
I wonder what they’re trying to achieve
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening
To the song that I sing?
Does anyone even know who I am?
If I sing hallelujah
Right on up to ya
Would your angels even give a damn?
Would you give a damn?
Would you give a damn?
[Bridge]
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
I want so much to believe in you
It's hard when there’s no justice for the peace
Staring at the sunset from my roof
Looking for some kind of proof
When there’s none is sight
I guess that’s called belief
So is this belief?
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening
To the song that I sing?
Does anyone even know who I am?
If I sing hallelujah
Right on up to ya
Would your angels even give a damn?
Would you give a damn?
Would you give a damn?
Is there anyone who
Ever remembers changing their mind from
The paint on a sign?
Is there anyone who really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one time
Everyone believes
In how they think it ought to be
Everyone believes
And they're not going easily
Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword
Like punching under water
You never can hit who you're trying for
Some need the exhibition
And some have to know they tried
It's the chemical weapon
For the war that's raging on inside
Everyone believes
From emptiness to everything
Everyone believes
And no ones going quietly
We're never gonna win the world
We're never gonna stop the war
We're never gonna beat this
If belief is what we're fighting for
What puts a hundred thousand children in the sand
Belief can
Belief can
What puts the folded flag inside his mother's hand
Belief can
All I ever need is the truth but all I ever want is affection Masquerade as jesus christ and suffer the crucifixion Lips that speak of love eternal come heal my savaged skin Cast aside all thought of revenge searching for nirvana within And God only knows my belief holds strong That wisdom comes when the heart suffers long And I'm shedding tears for judas a kiss may betray And I'm on the side of angels on the heels of a dream a ghost To lay
A hard rain may fall and a cruel wind may blow The moon may be pale and I may never know The need for silence but I can see hope in the wind in the Rain Lay belief on me my angel child
The actor and the poet martyr castles carved in sand Delight and the promise of eden lay in the touch of your hand As sweet as sin sweeter still the taste The way of all flesh lay me to waste And heaven knows that the meek shall inherit the earth Lay belief on me my angel child
You are my waking dream, you're all that's real to me
You are the magic in the world I see
You are the prayer I sing, you brought me to my knees
You are the faith that made me believe
Dreams on fire, higher and higher
Passions burning right on the pyre
Once for, forever yours in me all your heart
Dreams on fire, higher and higher
You are my ocean waves, you are my thought each day
You are the laughter from childhood games
You are the spark of dawn, you are where I belong
You are the ache I feel in every song
Dreams on fire, higher and higher
Passions burning right on the pyre
Once for, forever yours, give me all your heart
Dreams on fire, higher and higher
Belief, makes things real
Makes things feel, feel alright
Belief, makes things true
Things like you, you and I
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife in the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body, with the wrath of a God
Oh, you stood by me
Belief builds from scratch
Doesn't have to relax, it doesn't need space
Long live the queen and I'll be the king
In the color of grace
Oh, tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife in the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body, with the wrath of a God
Oh, you stood by me, belief
I'm gonna yell it from the rooftops
I'll wear a sign on my chest
That's the least I can do, it's the least I can do
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife, in the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body, with the wrath of a God
Oh, you stood by me
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife, in the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body, with the wrath of a God
Oh, you stood by me and I'll stand by my belief
I will stand by my belief
I will stand by my belief, belief
Like you stood by me
I don't believe in love
I can not face the flood
I don't believe in love
diseases in the mud
I don't believe in love
vultures drawn by blood
I am much too frail for this
I can't defy the storm
in your kiss
I won't go down again
I won't go down this road again
I won't go up in flames
I won't go down the drain
of love
again
I don't believe in love
I can not fight the drought
I don't believe in love
the wasteland in my mouth
I don't believe in love
the ever-burning doubt
I am much too frail for this
I can't defy the heat
of your kiss
Desert and rain
Fire and ice
Can you afford
to pay the price
It was a dream it was a different state
To reach a place - unfamiliar & clear to this day
Just a face of you & light, no body
No belief required to receive
Want to hold on to you now
Want to smell your skin when I breathe in
Belief is one thing
I want you here now
Just one experience, that touches everything
Somehow opening & letting it all in
I shone it back to you & how good was the truth
My mind's okay with it but my body yearns
Want to hold on to you now
Want to smell your skin when I breathe in
Belief is one thing
I want you here now
I shone it back to you &
I shone it back to you &
Want to hold on to you now
Want to hold on...
It was a dream it was a different state
To reach a place - unfamiliar & clear to this day
Just a face of you & light, no body
No belief required to receive
Want to hold on to you now
Want to smell your skin when I breathe in
Belief is one thing
I want you here now
Want to hold on to you now (Want to hold on to you now)
Want to smell your skin when I breathe in (Want to hold
on to you now)
Belief is one thing
I want you here now
touches everything
touches everything
hold on to you now
hold on to you now
touches everything
touches everything
You, you, i saw you
You, you, i saw you
Could it, could it be heart
Could it, could it be bone
This body rapture
This body rapture
You're wrapped up tight
You're wrapped up tight
Your empty words
Your empty soul
Your empty words
Your empty soul
You're you, you, you
I saw you
You, you, you
I saw you
You with your heart
You with your mind
Hearts and minds
Hearts and minds
Never again, no never again
Never again, no never again
Bodies wrapped up tight
Bodies wrapped up tight
Is it tight enough for you
Heart and bone
Heart and bone
This could be it
This could be you
This could be it
This could be you
Your body jerks
Your body shakes
Your body jerks
Your body shakes
You're you, you, you
I saw you
You, you, you
I saw you
This body rapture
This body rapture
Your empty words
Your empty soul
This could be it
This could be you
You're you, you
I saw you
You, you, i saw you
You
Trying to stand clear of the scent of dogs
In a sweat 'til I, wave of extinction, scatter seed
All that is growing, clear energy
All that is growing, clear energy
Within our vision a hover wasps
Air and glower fill our veins
Heavy mining under the fall
Figures forming, stretching on
Belief is the only key that's gonna set you free
Is the only thing that's gonna drag you
Is the only key that's gonna make you real
Is the only thing that's gonna push you
Straight, deep, straight into the unknown, deep into the
unknown
Straight, deep, straight into the unknown, deep into the
unknown
Belief is the only key that's gonna drain you
Is the only fear that's gonna kill you
Belief is what you want
Belief is what you need
It's gonna fuck you up, it's gonna drag you down
It's gonna drain you out, it's gonna push you
Straight, deep, straight into the unknown, straight into
the unknown
Straight, deep, straight into the unknown, straight into
the unknown
Belief is reason, straight into the unknown, straight
into the unknown
can't stretch much farther lest my legs are torn away seems so much harder physically being in this place my ego is large though, I can't let them see me hurt those people seem evil, rooting in shit and breathing dirt just in time allowed for consumption you bow to what is handed your way true, victimless crime so everyone is breaking me well I tore myself on broken knees well I can't wait for us to collapse that would be fair but I don't want you back it's no wonder, you live under customs bear down on you can't change what's raised, first things learned kept whole way through is your tongue the one that controls what you do? comes from the lungs that's part of the cycle that breathes for you true, victimless crime unmake your mind so everyone is breaking up, my hope is dying, and I want it shut well I can't wait for us to collapse that would be fair our own weight snaps our back so everyone is breaking me well I tore myself on broken knees well I can't wait for us to collapse that would be fair but I don't want you back but I don't want you back (I don't want you back)