It Want To Believe

And we do it like
 Yeah yeah, I've heard it before
 It's just a bunch more words that I'm sure to ignore
 This time I'll need evidence, you know exhibit A
 And if it's secret, leak it, give it away
 You'll drop hints, but never a fact
 And it's a trap gonna have to do better than that
 I don't wanna be a fool, I'm feeling naïve
 So please write it all down, leave it easy to read
 In clear, concise, nice plain English
 I get tripped up trying to distinguish
 The pimp from the pastor, meek from the moocher
 So tell me then, are you a friend or a user
 Who sets a trap like a web to a fly
 So come right and exact, look me dead in the eye
 And don't sell me, promise me, tell me, honestly, why?
 Can you give me some kind of sign
 A meaning defined so I can believe
 Can you give me a way to be sure
 I can trust in your words
 Cause that's what I need
 Can you give me a reason for change
 You'll need to explain so I can believe
 Can you give me a moment of truth
 And indisputable proof cause that's what I need
 Because I wanna believe
 I wanna believe
 Because I wanna believe
 I wanna believe
 Ok I made my point, I need to see it to believe it
 And anyway faith is so inconvenient
 Dealing with the guilt, feeling hypocritical
 I just end up being sick and miserable
 Life's fast, I need to try to maximize
 Self gratify, till I collapse and die
 And what then, I don't wanna think about it
 It's too deep, I got to keep my head clouded
 So give me entertainment and happy pills
 And we'll pretend it's all sunshine and daffodils
 It's what I've done since I was two years old
 And if it's true you can lose your soul
 Well I just laugh at your statement of facts
 Don't say absolute, you'll get taken to task
 I don't really wanna change and my life is in vain, then I ask
 Can you give me some kind of sign
 A meaning defined so I can believe
 Can you give me a way to be sure
 I can trust in your words
 Cause that's what I need
 Can you give me a reason for change
 You'll need to explain so I can believe
 Can you give me a moment of truth
 And indisputable proof cause that's what I need
 Because I wanna believe
 But I don't wanna believe
 Because I wanna believe
 But I don't wanna believe
 I wanna believe
 But I don't wanna believe