We’re building castles in a cave we call reason
Writing darkness on the walls trying to block the sun
Pebbles, twigs and straw – day by day we bring them
Darkened by our pride we can’t see what we’ve become
But shadows of Providence dance on our walls of confidence
Can we not hear the words they tell?
(These walls are imprisoning, why aren’t we listening?)
We fight as humanists, we close our eyes and raise our fists
But if this is enlightenment, why is it dark as hell?
We’re shutting God into a box we call out-dated
Throwing faith away because we say it makes us blind
“Religion is a crutch – a drug to ease the jaded”
So we claim that “God is dead” and then proclaim ourselves divine
Here comes the light
Comes to wipe out the walls
That we try to build high
Cause we think we can hide
So we say to ourselves
That the next wave won't fell
The next castle we build
Because we'll build it too well
So we bring in more straw
To make the bricks for the wall
But when the light finally comes
Even this one will fall
We work till we're beat
Sweat and bleed in the heat
Cause we'd rather just die
Than admit our defeat
We’re hiding
We’re hiding
We’re hiding from the dawn
(All is vanity, all is vanity, oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)
But we’re dying
We’re dying
We’re dying for God to turn the lights on
(All is vanity, all is vanity, oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)
