[VERSE 1] They're selling salvation on every corner street Promise you heaven if you bow down at their feet But I've seen the churches covered up their crimes While they're counting money, children's screams in their minds Your holy water can't wash away the stains Of every life destroyed in your god's name [PRE-CHORUS] I don't need your book to tell me right from wrong I don't need your fear to help me move along Your paradise is built on lies and shame And I refuse to play your game [CHORUS] Wake up, wake up, can't you see? They've been controlling you and me With ancient stories, ancient hate It's time to decide our own fate Wake up, wake up, break the spell There is no heaven, there is no hell Just this one life, this one chance So let's stop this ignorant dance [VERSE 2] They say they're pro-life but they don't give a damn About the living, breathing people in this land They'd rather pray than feed the poor Start another holy war Tell me what goes on inside my body's none of your concern When will you religious zealots finally learn? [PRE-CHORUS] I don't need a savior, I can save myself Don't need mythology on a dusty shelf Your scripture's just control disguised as love And I've had enough [CHORUS] Wake up, wake up, can't you see? They've been controlling you and me With ancient stories, ancient hate It's time to decide our own fate Wake up, wake up, break the spell There is no heaven, there is no hell Just this one life, this one chance So let's stop this ignorant dance [BRIDGE - MELODIC BUILD] We could build a world on compassion and truth Instead of dogma force-fed to our youth We could find meaning in the here and now Instead of waiting for some cosmic vow Imagine all the pain we could prevent If we stopped pretending god's in charge of it [RAP/SPOKEN SECTION - FAST DELIVERY] They flew planes into towers in Allah's name Burned witches, started inquisitions, all the same Deny your kids medicine, let 'em die for faith Mutilate genitals, call it god's grace Oppress the women, kill the gays Indoctrinate children in a million ways Tax-exempt billions while the homeless starve All protected by their religious guard Science denial, climate change is fake How many more lives do we let them take? [FINAL CHORUS - EXPLOSIVE] Wake up, wake up, can't you see? They've been controlling you and me With ancient stories, ancient hate It's time to decide our own fate Wake up, wake up, break the spell There is no heaven, there is no hell Just this one life, this one chance So let's stop this ignorant dance [OUTRO - MELODIC] Just this one life (wake up) This one beautiful life (wake up) We don't need gods to make it right We just need each other and the will to fight
