Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today

And announced to the earth and the heavens

The end of his reign

He took a seat next to the Devil and said:

"I need a new name"

And the coming never came



My own love, I fervently served him and obeyed

And I walked through this world full of sinners

And I kept them at bay

Cause there's only enough room at his table

For the souls that are saved

And they're coming to shut the gate

You're too little and too late

And you can't get in on that name

But I don't buy it



I refuse to think that my best friend's going to have anymore

And condescend to offer her, a key to her salvation

Like it's something I have and can afford

And I won't blame my parents for clinging to the good

And it hurts that it makes sense of it all

And believing in a story like it was the Bible

When it was just a tale made tall



Hey ya

Hey

Hey ya



Now I wake up to the most spirit-rattling scare

As I'm losing my religion layer by layer

Cause it's triggering all of the trips

And the traps and the snares

It's that old device called fear

That old device called fear



And now it's the long ride through the unknown which I embrace

And the cops and the robbers and the cowboys and the injuns

Have got the same face

We're just each of us doing our best to get by day by day

And Heaven is yours to take and the choices day by day

Bring us closer and further way



I understood the riskThat asking any kind of question

Could unravel me with one small fray

But I looked in my closet filled with ignorance and taunters

And a fear that was turning to hate

But that is not the meaning or intention of the teaching

Or the truth from which the message came

And I can't turn a blind eye to centuries of conflict

And wrongdoing in his name

In his name

In his name



Hey ya

Hey ya



Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today

And announced to the earth and the heavens

The end of his reign

He took a seat next to the Devil and said:

"I need a new name"

And the coming never came