Bad Religion

Frank Ocean — Channel Orange

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Frank Ocean - Bad Religion

Let me explain this song as well as I can.

He’s in a cab with a taxi driver & telling a story about how he’s basically in love with a man, who won’t love him back. He says this love is a one man cult, meaning he has a passion for this man that is so strong, that he almost worships him. An “unrequited love” aka a one-sided love. And he can’t tell anyone this story because he doesn’t trust anyone except this driver, who he uses as a shrink. As the taxi driver says “Allahu Akbar” he thinks hes insulting him but in actuality the cab driver just wants Frank to give prayer a try. And because there is no other solution, he goes for it.

Being in love with someone who will never love you back is a bad religion.