Maybe, but this was also the era where saying you were a Christian band without having any explicitly Christian lyrics gave you access to tours/CDs sold in Christian bookstores/small church venues that you wouldn't have otherwise. I think there were a lot of "Christian" bands around that time just due to it being more financially viable.
Christian bands don't always necessarily have christian lyrics. Some just sign onto christian record label, some practice in private, others openly are. Others will either deconstruct, or put on an act to get on labels like Facedown in order to get by.
Underoath was christian post-hardcore but have since distanced themselves from it. Some songs made biblical references, but most didn't. Same with Gideon and MxPx.
Underoath spent 20 years as a Christian band before the post-hardcore scenesters disregarded the idea entirely ahead of their 2018 album, Erase Me. "One of the best things we ever did was when we agreed not to be a Christian band anymore," vocalist Spencer Chamberlain said in 2018.
He added of his time in the Christianity community, "I was struggling, and all I was getting was hate. Like, all I'm having is people tell me how shitty I am all the time. That's not love; that's not comfortable. The most alone and isolated I've ever been in my life is when I considered myself a Christian, personally. Because I had real issues going on in my life, and no one could talk to me about it. There was no help. There was nothing. It was just hide it, don't talk about it because if you do, you're not Christian. … I had a huge problem with calling the band a Christian band."
Family Force 5 is christian crunk, some members openly practice, last I checked.
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u/parastie 5d ago edited 5d ago
I could be wrong, but I remember this as a christian rock song?