Would you still believe
Just for a moment in time
If we could join in mind
At an impossible perspective
If things weren’t considered
So sacrilegious
What if it weren’t true
Would you change what you do?
Would you still believe
If although blood fall to the ground
If that torture rack didn’t end that life
If there were no EKGs to verify a thing
As soon as the crowd dispersed
Released those nails in victory
What if you can live after that
Would you change what you do?
Would you still believe
If at that time people were buried alive
And the reason for not “burying” is that
Breath still breathes under blood and grief
And that security wasn’t like today
No one really monitored the same way
What if it were already opened and victory escaped
Would you change what you do?
Would you still believe
If you knew he knew it too
And he would have to endure punishment
Endlessly and have faith to see it through
Lash, after lash, no man hath endured
Expecting salvation for generations yet to come
What if it were you
What it change what you do?
Would you still believe
If what hides in mystery
An entire city was built
To protect a single belief
That a person can transcend yet live eternally
Worship continually under an exaggerated belief
What if there was another way
What it change what you do?
Would you still believe
After seeing all the years past
Witnessed his name used out of context
To murder, ridicule, and prevent evolution
Slowing down the human progress
For a tithe, a prayer or less
What if you could speak to God directly
What it change what you do?