Hotel Books – Two Steps Back lyrics

There is a lesson to learn
When someone can crash and burn
Are we just waiting for our turn?
Is there any concern?

We force-fed our own minds
With something that was never mine
We do this every time
We do this every time

It takes two to make a relationship survive
But it only takes one to make it die
That’s why I’m here, to sever my ties
I'm sick of this sickness
With God as my witness, I'm fine

Mocking and hating those with the truth
Flocking and rating this knot on this noose
Are we acting in the name of edginess
Or deep down, is this just an act of prejudice?

Tightening the ropes of understanding
And manhandling the stands
Rambling with crowds of widows and orphans
Ready to be fed with nourishment of the body
But when we break bread, we feed heads
We suffocate minds to ignore life
And only see the consequences of death
Blind sheep can’t use grass and feed as their shepherd
We must not let our heart and mind be severed

'Cause where is the religion in love
And the love in religion?
We’re taught if we want to go to Heaven
We must keep them mutually exclusive

We’re told tradition is the misleading of staggered preaching
The seeking of reaping what was sown by the heavy hearts
And shackled hands of men that we don’t even love
But rather, see as utility
But the progress we seek is not always rooted in love
Sometimes just rooted in the need to seem unique
But still similar to the masses

When we get on our hands and knees
To avoid shaping into a windowless view
In the first four pews as we spew cyclical phrases
At an altar to alter the altered state of refuge
We never saw when we were clung into what we were taught
Would teach us how to pray
Is everyone like this? No, I doubt it
But I can tell you sometimes I am, and it makes me sick

I used to be scared that I wasn’t sharing love honestly
And now, I’m not scared at all
Now, I’m not scared at all
And that’s what scares me the most
Forgive me, forgive me