The Coming

Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today
 And announced to the Earth and the Heavens the end of his reign
 And took a seat next to the Devil and said "I need a new name"
 And the coming never came
 
 My whole life, 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 Hell 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
 It helps 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
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 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 trip lines 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 or further way
 I understood the risk that asking any kind of question
 Could unravel me with one small fray
 But I looked in my closet filled with ignorance, intolerance
 And a fear that was turning to hate
 And 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
 His name
 Hey ya
 Hey ya
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 Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today
 And announced to the Earth and the Heavens the end of his reign
 
 And took a seat next to the Devil and said "I need a new name"
 And the coming never came