This is the religion that they have built
And everyday it gets bigger,
From those big cathedral Wall Street corporations
To the polish on the trigger.
This is the new religion that shines
And it is not going to stop,
From neon gods to the sex and the wine,
Good to the very last drop.
And we all sit and give dance in our rooms
Lending our voices to the songs and the praise
And everytime we sing the Symphony of the New Religion
It goes and switches into a different phase.
And now we have to go back
And learn this whole new set of words,
Scripted upon the stone of the lyric sheets
Those other religions are for the birds.
Because this is the religion that gives you results,
This is the religion that will get things done,
People like this new god more,
So vibrant, so colourful, so fun.
And now they're sending out metal caravans
Floating into the crowded middle of Times Square
And can you hear the proclamations from the foghorns,
The cogs of a new religion spinning into gear?
And maybe you can see the banners billowing
And the limosines pulling up on the sidewalk,
Costumed followers of this new religion,
And the confetti showering down from the beanstalk.
And maybe you can taste the burning liquid
Pumped and surging through your sorry veins,
The remedy the new religion provides to help
Relieve you of these here earthly pains.
And maybe you can hear the evangelist
Channelling through the radio waves that pass you by,
He's chanting about that whole new religion
And those new gods living in the Hollywood Sky.
So do you believe in this one new god
That can influence the metropolis of mankind
Because this is the religion of things you really love
And things so hard to leave behind.
K. Jared Hosein
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/society-a-new-religion/
