Reflections On Faith

So much faith Going up in flames Is it safe to believe in life after death? Paint his face red Give the devil a face He needs your blood for his makeup His car bomb Is parked in my driveway And I’m taking it straight back to the manufacturer So much faith In the gun in my safe ‘cos I can’t bring myself to love my enemies Morning news On last night’s nightmares Bleeding streets...rolled up in today’s newspapers We mirror his face With our reflections on faith ‘cos we can’t turn the other cheek So much faith Going up in a chorus of prayer Answered in a hail of bullets Yeah paint him red So with his bloodshot eyes He can watch your eternal damnation How do we surrender Lay down our arms When it’s our very hands that are weaponised? So much belief In our elected leadership But who’s leading them in their ways? Oh So much faith At every corner a church Or is it a front...operating as a business branch? We mimic his hand We the rulers of this world And he’s winning this fight hands down Yeah paint his face red Down here we’re beautiful It’s a paradise theme...so powerful Oh So much faith Going up in smoke Why still all the human sacrifice on earth? Open parliament in prayer Follow the ten commandments And maybe our governments will trade love and peace Paint his face red ‘cos our hearts are black Even the parts that are good...are too dark to look Oh So much faith But is it blind faith I guess we’ve got to keep the faith