[Verse 1] Why was human evolution left out? You ask me straight, I hear the doubt For the same old reasons, plain and wide Some things were never set inside The Constitution isn’t there Nor Principia in the air Plato’s Dialogues, Newton too Not every truth was meant for you [Pre-Chorus] They wrote for then, not every age They drew a line, they turned a page To teach obedience, remorse Not a lab report, not a course [Chorus] Don’t misread the intention Don’t misread the intention It was not the book’s invention It was value, not a mention (Facts are facts, facts are facts) (Truth still stands, truth still stands) [Verse 2] How to take care of your cat How to repair your truck, all that How to build a watch by hand Was never part of that land Shannon’s Information Theory Thermodynamic laws, same story The text was never meant to say Every fact of every day [Pre-Chorus] Creation stories, plural, there Were never sent as science there They held up meaning in the dark To guide a pre-scientific heart [Chorus] Don’t misread the intention Don’t misread the intention It was not the book’s invention It was value, not a mention (Facts are facts, facts are facts) (Truth still stands, truth still stands) [Bridge] If you read them like a chart You miss the soul inside the art And if you ignore what we now know You choose a blindness that won’t grow So let the old words do their part And let the facts still guard your heart The world got larger, that is true And wisdom grows when we do too [Final Chorus] Don’t misread the intention Don’t misread the intention It was not the book’s invention It was value, not a mention (Facts are facts, facts are facts) (Truth still stands, truth still stands) Don’t misread the intention Don’t misread the intention
