[Verse] Ohhh me and God... Got off on... The wrong sides of the bed... Me with two left feet... Him a big head... The all powerful... And the all weak... I prayed like clockwork when I's a child... Stopped it dead... For quite a while... Then my dad got sick... And I prayed... In all kinds... In all sorts of ways... Didn't work... My dad died... And I hated God... Because... Why? My Daddy was devout! My Daddy was kind! He was like Jesus... In so many ways... But yet his number... Was so few of days... I was 18... So I rebelled... Turned to Satan... Thinkin' he'd be swell... But he was just as quiet... Fuckin' prick... But that's in his name... Don't know why I'm surprised by it... [Instrumental] [Pre-Chorus] There is power in the blood... So is said... Power in the name... "Jesus" I read... Took a long time to realize... None of that... Was ever a lie... [Chorus] It's a mind set! Jesus is king... Can't prove it! But if he is... Then it's all okay... And if he's not... We just rot in the grave... So what's the Harm! In believing somethin' strange... You say you need evidence... Okay... I can understand... And synthesize... But every person ever... Has at least once... Turned to the sky... [Instrumental] [Verse] I guess faith... Ain't a vending machine... Drop in a prayer... Get what you need... Maybe God... Ain't a genie upstairs... Countin' the times... I folded my hands... And answered in pairs... 'Cause I prayed for my Daddy... To get outta that bed... Prayed till my throat hurt... Prayed in my head... Prayed to the ceiling... Prayed on my knees... Promised I'd change... Just don't let him leave... But he left... And I broke... And I blamed... Whoever was listenin'... For lettin' him go... Took me years... To understand... Faith ain't a contract... Signed by God's hand... Sayin' good men live... And bad men don't... Sometimes good people... Just run outta time... And I still don't like it... Still pisses me off... Still got questions... Still get lost... But believin'... Ain't knowin' for sure... It's knockin'... When you can't see the door... [Instrumental] [Pre-Chorus] There is power in the blood... So is said... Power in the name... "Jesus" I read... Took a long time to realize... Maybe faith... Ain't proof... It's how you survive... [Chorus] It's a mind set! Jesus is king... Can't prove it! But if he is... Then it's all okay... And if he's not... We just rot in the grave... So what's the harm! In believing somethin' strange... You say you need evidence... Okay... I can understand... And sympathize... But every person ever... Has at least once... Turned to the sky... And asked... Why? [Instrumental — lone piano, distant organ] [Bridge] I don't know... If Heaven's real... Don't know exactly... What I feel... Don't know if Daddy... Heard me pray... Don't know if I'll... See him someday... But I know... When I speak his name... Eighteen years old... Comes back again... Standin' beside... A hospital bed... Beggin' a God... I swore was dead... Thing is... I was cursin' His name... But I was still... Talkin' to Him... [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] IT'S A MIND SET! Jesus is king... Can't prove it! Can't prove anything... Maybe there's Heaven... Maybe there's dirt... Maybe there's meaning... Buried in hurt... So what's the harm! In believin' there's more... Than a handful of years... Then a slammed-shut door... You say you need evidence... Okay... So do I... But when there's nowhere... Left to look... I still... Turn to the sky... [Outro — sparse piano] Ohhh me and God... Still get up... On the wrong sides of the bed... But these days... I talk... Hope he listens... Instead.... [Instrumental fades out] [End]
