Remarks:
A song about KJV Onlyism! And a funny one at that. It even has over 350,000 views on YouTube in its first 16 months (it came out in December 2022). Who would have thought.
The singer, Savanoksy, is breaking up with his girlfriend Amanda because she is unwilling to read the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. She will meet him halfway by reading the New King James Version (NKJV). Like the KJV, it translates the same Greek text, the Textus Receptus, but in modernized English. But KJV Onlyists believe that the KJV is the ONLY trustworthy English translation of the Bible. So they durst not read the NKJV, much less the ESV, CSB, NASB or others which translate the Nestle-Aland text, a scholarly reconstruction of the Greek New Testament.
Like “Home”, this song probably depends too much on context to be much good on its own.
Note that the King James English in the song is often ungrammatical but used for comic effect.
See also:
- songs: the 2020s
- KJV Only
- English Bible translations
- Authorized Version (KJV)
- NKJV
- ESV
- CSB
- NASB
- New Testament manuscripts
Lyrics:
[Verse 1: Savanofsky, Amanda Savan]
Are you breaking up with me?
Thou hast verily spake
I don’t understand
Like, I literally don’t understand the words that you’re saying
Thy love is better than wine, and yet
Tryna play me with the ESV? (The ESV?)
I durst not, only KJV
Tryna play me with the CSB (That’s a good translation)
Methinks not, only KJV
Tryna playeth the NASB, I durst not
Need a KJB, I’m only KJV
Henceforth, readeth KJV
Or thwarteth all plans to lay with me
I’m only KJV
But we have the exact same theology
I’m only KJV
But you just started reading the King James like a week ago
I’m only KJV
Lo, time for my next chick to weddeth
She wist not mine Textus Receptus
Thou art fair, hast dove’s eyes, and pleasant
But methinks thou dost much protesteth
Okay, okay, baby, I have a solution
Why don’t we just read the New King James Version?
Go thy way
Thy hair’s a flock of goats, yet go thy way
Meseems thou shouldest go thy way
Go thy way
Thy hair’s a flock of goats, yet go thy way
Meseems thou shouldest go thy way
Okay, fine, but you still think I’m saved, though, right?
Methinks not, only KJV
Oh, I think you’re in a cult
I’m only KJV
I’m only KJV
Source: Genius Lyrics.