I've got to get away from here
Can't feel the meaning of my own tear
so much hatred fills the air
of people who call themselves friends
of God
I've got to get away from here
dogma eclipsed kindness and Love I fear
is something they only read about
and mimick doctrines to give them clout
in fundraising appeals
I've got to get away from here.

I've got to get away from here
The summer is getting near
and memories of carefree beaches
and dunes in breezes beckons softly
to leave the arguments behind
and find your old trappist friend's
Seven Story Mountain on a beach lounge
I'll find by the pool.

I've got to get away from here
There is no life in this tear
there is no one that will hear
It's too profitable to tear and tear
out the heart and call it piety
I'm so sick of all your notoriety

I've got to get away from here

I've got to get away from here
There is nothing for me to cheer
There is only the residue of your scared
timidity and cruelties
I have nothing left to give or hope
I can't keep up this joke
I've got to get away from here.

I need my mother like I was five
I need my father but he's not alive
I need you to step up to the plate
like you care at all
Instead your ego is trapped in gall
the stuff of stone and stoney hearts
that call evil holy and love is lost

I need to get out of here.
I'm just not impressed any more
and can't pretend
can't play that Game
that you won't let end
Can't see you breaking reason through
And can't wait till my face turns blue
I have to get out of here.