Behind Enemy Lines - Gutter Religion lyrics

America has been conquered by a fundamentalist crusade That holds god above our heads to keep the ma**es afraid We've surrendered sensibility to a morbid spirituality Shackled by what pa**es as Christian morality Opening the bible for justification to close millions of minds Beating back evolution with "Intelligent Design" Displaying the flag, side by side, with the crucifix To sanctify the marriage of religion with politics In an effort to shield conservatives from a political loss Jesus, himself, has climbed down from his cross And while he's warmly embraced at the GOP's political rallies His enemies have been banished to the closets and back alleys Forever cast out by the "party of inclusion" That triumphs in the nation that suffers from delusion Constructing god's church on a foundation of oppression Dragging our society down the pathway of regression Independent thought has been stamped out by indoctrinated opinion We've descended into the depravity of this gutter religion Christianity infects America like a spiritual plague Spreading putrid intolerance with their "moral" tirades They try to whitewash their hypocrisy with more insidious lies But in the ethical gutter is where their morality resides Get down on your knees if you want to exist Ignorant superstition Bigoted tradition Because god rules this country with an iron fist Indoctrinated opinion Gutter religion Zealotry is summoning god's vengeance for threatening voters With the fires of hell and natural disasters Parting the political waters for the conservative ideologues God has granted sole authority to his moral watchdogs There will be no mercy for those who resist Ignorant superstition Bigoted tradition Because god rules this country with an iron fist Indoctrinated opinion Gutter religion Rule of law- under the iron fist Sexual preference- under the iron fist Women's rights- under the iron fist Indoctrination under the iron fist of god Education- under the iron fist Social funding- under the iron fist Science and medicine- under the iron fist One nation under the iron fist of god Polluting the fields of education, science and medicine Corrupting the FDA to deny access to emergency contraception Criminalizing all facts and theories that contradicts the bible Because when the truth discredits religion it becomes undesirable Put on a pedestal by the right-wing extremist Ignorant superstition Bigoted tradition Because god rules this country with an iron fist Indoctrinated opinion Gutter religion God has become obsessed with turning back the tide of progress Erecting Christian dogma over a snuffed out social conscience Our nation pledges allegiance to a divine abomination That drags us in the gutter to bask in moral degradation