I’ve fallen from mountains

Struck down by the weight of my rules

Stones that don’t wilt

But that shatter when handled by fools

All the good that I do

Is an echo of the hymns of the west

I just can’t bear the weight

Round my neck that says Daddy knows Best

I still bow my head in your halls

To see the daylight creeping under your door

Cos if God’s at the end of all this

I’ll make peace with him then

But I’m not prepared to build a life

Around a dead man yet

When I was born to his house

I put the evil on him

Now that I’m paying my way

I see that evil’s within

We swore that he ordered the righteous

Set Salem ablaze

But the faithless are still starting fires

Now he’s not here to blame

There’s a dark cloud above every herd

Whether wild or fenced in by the word

So if God’s at the end of all this

I’ll make peace with him then

But I’m not prepared to build a life

Around a dead man yet

I won’t preach that I know the way

And I’ve been lost more times than I’ve been saved

But if God’s at the end of all this

I’ll make peace with him then

Cause I’m not prepared to build a life

Around a dead man yet.