Paper Jesus

Staind · Chapter V [2005]

You take this all for granted

All the things they choose to feed you

By keeping you distracted

Just long enough to bleed you...dry



A reason for your anger

It's what I need

It's what I need

To recognize the truth

It's what I need

It's what I need

So burn your paper Jesus

It's what I need

It's what I need

And own the things you do

It's what I need

It's what I need



Question what they sell you

All the lies that they are teaching

And they've made a corporation

Out of desperate people's feelings...of fear



A reason for your anger

It's what I need

It's what I need

To recognize the truth

It's what I need

It's what I need

So burn your paper Jesus

It's what I need

It's what I need

And own the things you do

It's what I need

It's what I need



Somebody chose these words for you

Interpretations of the truth

Somewhere behind your fear they hide

To fill the holes inside



A reason for your anger

It's what I need

It's what I need

To recognize the truth

It's what I need

It's what I need

So burn your paper Jesus

It's what I need

It's what I need

And own the things you do

It's what I need

It's what I need