Mine Are the Eyes of God

Taught to believe from the onset Of heaven and hell and between The institution's retribution Damnation from on high Living and dying together Never did nothing at all Except for the few Who got rich off of you And the rest They were herded like sheep Mine are the eyes of God And what they see is not What was meant to be Mine are the eyes of God Mine are the eyes Mine are the eyes of God Down the road to betrayal Of values they held to be true Aberrations Deviation To get to the spirit of life The whole goddamn world is riding On words for thousands of years It's just like the west To think it knows best When answers are subject to change Mine are the eyes of God And what they see is not What was meant to be Mine are the eyes of God Mine are the eyes Mine are the eyes of God They took what could have been And turned it upside down They twisted all things seen What's lost must now be found I got to see it Got to believe it I got to be there I got to see it Got to believe it Given the power of reason Yet throwing it all to the wind No solution In evolution Only the blood-stained glass A soul full of lies in contention Begs sacred yet worships profane Lose sight of the fact That you're where it's at Not the stars Not the cross Nor the moon Mine are the eyes of God And what they see is not What was meant to be Mine are the eyes of God And what they see is not What was meant to be