Chorus
G D G D
Polytheism's back with a vengeance.
G D G D
We worship God, money, pleasure, and Science.
C D G Em
And we offer up our sacrifice on the altar of sex and violence.
C D G
And we call it harmony
Verse
G Em C B A C B A
Long, long time ago mankind thought having many gods was cool.
G Em C B A C B A
One for each aspect of life and one to rule the school.
'til one God came along and said "No way! There is no path but Mine."
"These wimpy gods are getting creamed 'cause they don't tow the line."
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Verse
For a while mankind shaped right up and did what the Lord said.
'til their leaders thought one day and got it in their heads.
"We can use this God of ours to make ourselves some dough."
"And He won't need to provide for us; He'll barely even need to know."
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Bridge
C D Eb F G
Then God slipped by the wayside one day.
C D Eb F G
We looked around it seemed He'd gone away.
If He comes back and finds us here asleep.
You know were gonna be in it so deep.
Verse
Now we give in more and more to our favorite idolatries.
We don't even notice it anymore, engulfed in apathy.
Part of us prays that we are wrong for hope beyond the grave,
But 'til then we'll carry on; we kind of like being slaves.
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