Opium Lyrics

An over-indulgence in anything

Even something as pure as water can intoxicate

So I

Tell this to the vagabonds in power

Militants masquerading as Messiahs

The Jeremiahs, The Isaiahs

Prophets of Doom making a profit

From the lie with which they feed the room

Umbrellas and brooms

And we feed on their deceit

On our knees, both hands plunged in

You can find the Residue of Fallacies

On the sides of our lips

We cross our legs and pick our teeth

They bend poverty into a weapon

Who knew the morally illiterate

Could be so committed to character alliteration

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

We

Believe the lies

Convince ourselves

Votes do not count

Expect the best

But are

Willingly wooed to vehemently vote for the worst

We carry our cross and nod in shame

Money, Power, and Greed the game

We've been here before and we would return again

It's the Opium

We are addicted to the lies

Tell this to the pastors and priests

There is a church on every Street

But true transformation is bleak

Self-righteousness like cancer

Rips through the land

The will of man prevails over the will of God

The sword over Love

The hate in religious debates

The fight over faith

My God over your God

My guns over your grits

We lie through our teeth

The fraction refracts our light

As denominations become denominators

We want to reach the nations

But not actually reach the nations

We've made something else king

For this cannot be the prince of peace

We are holding on to something

But the truth that sets us free

It's the Opium

There's religion in the water

Tell this to the militants in the military

The unjust enforcing justice

To serve and Protect

To harass and extort

Power is a filthy thing

Teach a man to Love

Give a man a gun

That sequence

And you would have saved the crying mother's son

Tell the Imam they don't understand the doctrine he's preached

For there are bullet shells on the street

And the shooter is holding prayer beads

Show him where love dwells

Or he'll burn down the citadel for fear of infidels

Ring the bells

For we must Live, love, truth, Light

We must speak, see, push, run

We must dream, unite, vote, ignite

We must serve, fight, fight, free