Brick head, thick head, nothing’s getting through
Changeling, phase thing, something I’m going through
Beat down, drunk clown, a liability
Head cheese, a power sneeze, look at these

Indoctrination fills my head
If heaven’s on the other side then I’m better off dead
This is what they want you to believe, my friend
Does the end justify the means or means justify the end?

It’s the politics of religion
There’ll be hell to pay for every decision

Keep me on my knees, I can’t stand up for myself
Living by the rules made up by everybody else
It is what it is, there ain’t no disputing that
If I give up control, what happens when I want it back?

It’s the politics of religion
There’ll be hell to pay for every decision
Is your mind your own or is it a prison?
You got the politics of religion

It’s not what you think, it’s what you want
It’s not what you sell, it’s what you’ve bought
It’s not what you need, it’s what you’ve got

We wanna become, we wanna believe
That our lives are our own and we really are free
I’ll tell you what I want, you tell me what I need
And I’ll say a prayer for you and hope that you will see

It’s the politics of religion
There’ll be hell to pay for every decision
Is your life your own or is it a p