Dead Religions

The Lyrics of Terry Hubbard

Dead Religions

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I know you are offended ‘cause I don’t want your religion,

But you just don’t want to know the reasons why.

And you are indignant that I don’t need your religion,

Though I spent many years making the try.

You are very angry that I don’t accept your judgment

‘cause I live in a land where I was born to be free.

Your heart is full of hatred ‘cause I won’t uphold your law.

What fool clings to blindness once he’s been allowed to see?

Your words curse and condemn me,

Your hands form bars and cages.

Your world is ever further from the truth

Then it has been for ages.

So don’t hand me no worn out mysteries,

Don’t give me your guilt and fear.

Don’t preach your dead religions.

Would you please get out of here?

I know you want the details to justify my decision

Though what point there is to that it is impossible to say.

You want documentation compiled with such precision

Though even all of historys’ record’s not enough to make you sway

Your eyes are full of pain as you put the pain on me,

I hear a musical echo askin’ “When will we be free?”

And there you still stand pushin’ fear and glory,

Though everyone knows that’s not the way it’s supposed to be.

You can go on acting like you never read the story,

But it won’t do you no good when it comes time to leave.