root of all evil

 
(Darkness Beyond)

The fear of the unknown
Drives one to adoration
Since time immemorial,
We idolized not because of love
But because we were afraid
Of bad luck, of wrath
Of famine, of flood
Of disaster, of death
Of loosing what little we own
And so we pray and beg for salvation
To the stones, animals, plants
Elements, deities, monarchs
To Allah, Buddah, Mary and Christ

Uncovering the mystery
Pays a price that was too high
Untill one is defeated
War was fought until one has died
The cost of ones belief
Is always paid with bloodbath
First with those of chickens
Then those of ones own child
At its wake, the wailing and echoes
Of grief and hate suffocates the mind
Until nothingness is claimed by its new God
The former Higher Beings now labeled
As legends and myths of the past

And then men learned philosophy
And harness the skills of litany
For fear alone can not sustain
The oppressed and terrorized masses
As men's Heart and Mind fornicated
And gave birth to Wisdom, Courage and Freewill
The kitchen was reconstructed
Separated the Church and State
They hired a new Chef as well as Chief
Gold flows freely from hands to hands... to hand
Blind faithfulness now has a dictionary
Invented Hope for the desperates and needy
And Love became their shield against all the unholy

There is no such thing as Good Religion
Only good people and good intentions
There is no such thing as Bad Religion
Only vulnerable and weak constitution
The table is full of both attractive and plain meals
And we all gets to be hungry sometime
Whatever we had decided to take in and consume
Relieved us, filled our cravings and sated us
At the time it happened, at the moment it did
For today, afterthoughts are tomorrow's bane
No mater how and who we choose to follow
And the whys and hows of it all
It make sense to the one who understood

The elephant stood as tall and mighty
For centuries, we kept it alive, thriving while thieving
Inside our very own living room, and we named it...
RELIGION
Against all reasons, we stood behind it, together yet...
DIVIDED
We find security as we suffer unknowingly, inside...
FAITHFULLY
We kill, we sacrifice, we order charity, demand alimony...
BELIEVING
Under the spell of mass delusion a God was born, twins with...
EVIL
And if evil has a name? Who would it be? Must be that...
ELEPHANT

He's a warrior of sorts with a secret agenda
One that seems, at surface level, wanting what's better
He will tell the world how he aspires for righteousness
But practices his power over weaker folk in spite of this
Words to charm a stone into become like water
A pied piper mystifying people to slaughter
How he tells them all that he protects sons and daughters
How the way he wants to see the world live, they oughta
A primordial stance, this isn't anything new
But one that juxtaposes what we have right now
One that when the masses want to rise up against
Won't be hesitant to strike their lives down
How he muddies the names of his enemies
How his prejudice was made compelling
How his definition of the perfect remedy
Was that of bringing lives to an untimely ending
6 million Jews
The Mao dynasty
Soviet and Stalin
It's humanity's history
Will we see again the rise of communist rule
Or will we ever get to really live peacefully