It's been said that progress.. 

That is progress is the promise of annihilation 

Prayers will burn and war will be a sign of the end 

Until no one is left to medicate humanity of 

The belief in the cure for the sickness which it taught 

We are held hostage in the name of self denial 

Consumed by the grace of God 

We are held hostage in the name - rise and awake 

The perception of our hell is their sleight of hand 

Misdirecting our love into worship 

Keep your finger on the pulse 

'Cause the vein has been cut 

And the blood has become my religion 

I've replaced the walls of my defenses 

Against the unaffected God infested portraits of fear and redemption 

Rise and awake for this new offering of life 

Rise for this new 

For prison for church for saint for thief 

The opiate of our sacred city 

Mass media armed to the teeth 

There is truth to burn 

And a war in the streets