[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
I'm taking back the knowledge
I'm taking back the gentleness
I'm taking back the ritual
I'm giving in to sweetness
I'm taking back the children
I'm taking back the ceremony
I'm taking back my offerings
I'm taking back what you mean to me

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
And war is all around us
Our Gods are dead and buried underground
I'm just like silly putty
Your big ideas are useless to me now
My baby saw the future
She doesn't wanna live there anymore
It's lousy science-fiction
Gets on your skin and seeps into your-

[Instrumental Outro]