John Reuben - Old As Religion lyrics

There's a chance to unite or a chance to divide You could promote peace or choose to pick a fight But hurling insults is just more ammunition Mouth full of anger hatred needs a champion Adrenaline rushing crush the competition Behind a fog machine with a finger pointed up to heaven Stand in front of millions fueled by adulation This is where the gods stay this is where the gods play Get praise pedestal hold sway Like master like slave when you're hungry for fame And that power you crave is an unquenchable thirst Back down-to-earth to be the center of the universe It's the brightest narcissist Who find the art in it Create the chaos and know how to market it Loud getting louder Arrogant getting prouder Looking for a promotion and the position of power Profit for false prophets get the people excited There's a fire to be ignited so light it and take flight Step up to the pulpit what a beautiful disguise Even angels get jealous and crave the spotlight That's a tough pill to swallow when figuring out who to follow One thing we're good at is making ourselves idols Find your disciples, push your own gospel Then try to reconcile the root of all kinds of evil, well Kingdoms come and kingdoms crumble Everyone's got a number everyone gets humbled Some bridges worth torching some hands worth forcing Some shrines worth destroying Some things are that important Formed in the image of the corrupted and bloated American religious with a different set of motives You made the rules broke them then rewrote them And the Spirit of the sovereign gets reduced to a slogan It's as old as religion Money power institution Mind control manipulation And lately been thinking different about the devil Lately thinking different about the devil Obscured truth banner of righteousness Borrowed God's name to justify your position Foolish obedience demands full submission What man isn't flawed? What system isn't human? Celebrate the winners ignore the victims No friends on the inside or victories to believe in Corporate crooks sophisticated demons Patriotic bullies pledge your allegiance Home of the elite land of the naive We live in empires built on greed Justice only seems to be for the wealthy In the age of transparency we'll all see Pull back your skin to show you how thick it is Either be shaped by it or shape the consensus Politics and Jesus never made much sense Maybe he was just a little too idealistic It's as old as religion Money power institution Mind control manipulation And lately been thinking different about the devil Lately thinking different about the devil