All humans are siblings, this is a truth that I've assumed; all fighting
over the legacy of a lifelong and timeless family feud in the name of I
don't know what. I don't believe in God but if I did I'd surely say there
is only one Power up above us, one face refracted in each different Faith.
But for every holy confessor there's a priest of self-worth trading in the
eternal for power on earth.
Soaked, the blood of believers in the ground where prophets trod. How in
God's name did religion get so far away from God? Oh, mercy, mercy, mercy
now! Oh, mercy, mercy, mercy! I don't believe in God but, with all respect
to those who do, surely no purpose could be served under heaven if there's
no mercy in this place we're passing through? Oh, now for every sainted
ascetic drawing heavenly breath there's a literal fanatic in love with death.
Soaked, the blood in the pages pored with all-too-human pride...in what book
of what religion is the blood-lust sanctified? In the name of creation, for
whatever that is worth, why in God's name is religion bound so mortally to
earth? Soaked, the blood of believers in the ground where prophets trod.
How in God's name did religion fall so far away from God? This is the Fall
from God.