Put Away The Plastic Grass!

(Verse 1) Put away the plastic grass and the dyed-up shells Stop ringing out those steeple-top Babylonian bells You’re hunting for a treasure that’s rooted in the earth While missing what a holy life is actually worth It’s a costume party dressed in Sunday best Putting ancient superstitions to a modern test (Chorus) Stop celebrating that pagan spree It’s got nothing to do with the victory Trade the candy and the rabbit for the narrow way Stop keeping up a tradition from a distant day It’s a festival of idols in a thin disguise Turn away your heart and open up your eyes (Verse 2) You take a sunrise service from a mountain side Mixing up the truth with a worldly tide Named after a goddess from the times of old Selling out the spirit for a pot of gold The flowers and the baskets are a hollow show There’s a deeper path that you ought to know (Bridge) It’s not found in a carton or a grocery aisle It’s not found in a bonnet or a painted smile Break the cycle of the seasons and the ritual flame Stop attaching holiness to a worldly name (Chorus) Stop celebrating that pagan spree It’s got nothing to do with the victory Trade the candy and the rabbit for the narrow way Stop keeping up a tradition from a distant day It’s a festival of idols in a thin disguise Turn away your heart and open up your eyes