Rage - Echoes Of Evil lyrics

[Music by Wagner/Schroeder, lyrics by Wagner] I tell you Jesus Christ was just an ordinary man But he was wise, much wiser than the rest The few to see wrote tales 'bout him but time perverted it all The banner's changed, the world ain't changed at all Forced to fight for law and order In the name of God to slaughter Living in this world could be a life in hell They're around everywhere, can't you tell? Echoes of evil You know, they don't know what it is when they talk 'bout the law The rights are wrong when only riches rule You hear them say we're civilized but still blacks are slaves When money talks they won't hear all the cries Forced to fight with law and order In the name of God to slaughter Dying at the front is tradition, you know Just like fathers and grandfathers did Echoes of evil We're men - we're bound to fail but we can learn it The ones who never face it will stay blind We gained too much by science but we can't use it Prepare your mind to stop before it's to late The preacher's done the rites of Christ for a thousand years or more Believes in personified gods Does he fear waking up to see it's not so easy Opposing good 'n' bad as he did? Forced to fight with law and order In the name of God to slaughter What is religion - sh** in your brain A blade of straw in oceans of life Don't follow leaders, no matter what side Though it's harder to live your ideals There are echoes of evil