F Bb Am Gm
Adam lives in theory trying to turn stone into bread
Masquerading like he got it figured out
Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head
Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt
Left to his devices, those worth the sacrifices
Praying to the alter of himself
Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious
Like he's got all the light, and no one else
Dm Gm Dm Am Gm
He takes the unsuspected
Cause he knows they're not connected
And he shows them how to be just as he is
Virtually real, and commercially appealed
To the lust of all the people where he lives
F Bb Am Gm
Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed
Wanting to be intellectual
Drifting from the way she got turned down one day
And now she thinks that she's bisexual
Dm Gm Dm Am Gm
Caught up in emotion
Burning up in her devotion
To the king of exploitation in the field
She handed him her virtue Cause he told her "I won't hurt you"
So she lay with him to see how good it feels
F Bb Am Gm
Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
F Bb Am Gm
Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication
She brought affection home into her bed,
Quickly multiplying now the 3 of them are dying by the poison she perceived to be good head
Now Eve and her husband are perverted in their judgment
Cause everything appears to be the same
They entertain suggestion, next time just use protection
Desiring to cover up their shame
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Dm Gm Dm Am Gm
But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes
To the very antidote to their dilemma
Burning in their lust, both of them adulterous
Destroying the original agenda
F Bb Am Gm
Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie
They exhausted every possible conclusion,
They can't even entertain the solution, in a brain
Filled with vain information and pollution
Dm Gm Am Gm
Hiding from the truth,
He provided an excuse to explain away his desperate situation
When confronted, blamed his wife, Giving birth to carnal life
Refusing to acknowledge what he done
F Bb Am Gm
Now if we can agree with who created us to be
Who says we're guilty everyone before his eyes
Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception
Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies
F Bb Am Gm
Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
Dm Gm Am Gm
Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified
Un-learn everything you know, and let him teach you
Line upon line, precept upon precept, say goodbye,
To this decaying social system
He wants to know, how far we're willing to go
If we love him like we say we do, He will try us
Dm Gm Am Gm
Just don't regress, or slip into hopelessness
Once he's satisfied his love, He won't deny us,
F Bb Am Gm
And then he'll tell us, What, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
And then he'll tell us,What, what we gonna do now
Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
I’m telling you…
He’s gonna tell us, tell us
