I will scream at the sky:
"Do I even believe in being born again?"
I will purge the insides
Of everything I thought I knew back then
When living was everything and death was the only thing that lasted.
Now our lives are governed by the tides
Let the swells rise and wash us all away

I sold my soul for a little bit of certainty
Then I spent it all buying into your beliefs

I see a sea of chaos and you're sinking like a stone
While I'm swimming for the shore
Why send in men to do god’s work? Are our egos the size of cathedrals?

I sold my soul for a little bit of certainty
Then I spent it all buying into your beliefs

All I've come to know is lost
and all I've come to lose I've found
All I've come to know is lost
and all I've come to lose I've found

I sold my soul for a little bit of certainty
Then I spent it all buying into your beliefs

And I wonder
What it’s worth to breathe,
What it’s worth to think free
Prevailing static can not possibly prevail(x4)

Allow me to introduce you to all the things
That are going to change you and save you


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    Song has nothing to do with religion. If you've ever read 1984, the song is about realizing that everything that you were taught to believe is wrong, and it's time to find what is true for you.

    mae1on July 24, 2009   Link

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