You say in the beginning When things were plain and pure At the bosom of mother nature In the valleys of the clueless Where joyful rivers flow Under the Sun's benevolent glow Sometimes you were the hunter Sometimes you were the prey Everything was in best order Couldn't it stay that way? The wisdom of the ancient Is lost on us, you say But some things hold up to this day There will always be some wise ass And dimwits to be told Mystical mind fuck a-ok So let's build a fire Just for old times sake The circle is closing in on you The wicker man awaits All things bright and beautiful All things great and small You say your lord God made them all The rich man in his castle The poor man at his gate God made them, ordered their estate Let's come together Let us celebrate 2000 years of piss take Who's burning at the stake? No hope for a better world in the realm of fantasy No escape from reality for you and me When they rape you in the name of Christ Yeah, holidays in Jonestown seem quite nice When they abduct you into UFOs Yeah... Who knows No more power to the true and tried Always leads to genocide Take a good look at the world today Can't you see that chaos reigns No more kneeling before any God Walk away and quit the cult Tear the scepter from the human claw Nature is the only law You say your favorite izm Is the only way to be If only everyone could see A truncheon in the kisser Is the only thing I see 'Cause you're at your wit's end again Let's start a fire All to the barricades Beat the shit out of each other All hail democracy! No hopes for a better world in the realm of fantasy No escape from reality for you and me