Retreat!! Lyrics - Cursive

They took the shrine to the temple 

But he wasn't there 

They checked the mosque and the chapel 

No, not there 

Since you've been away on holiday 

The natives are all nightmares 

Since you've been away on holiday 

I did dream you'd disappear 

You keep us on a leash you can't conceive 

But still must adhere to 

The natives are whipping each other 

Over which God they prefer 

I wish you'd do us all a favor 

And just differ 

Since you've been away on holiday 

We don't know which God is which 

And since you've been on holiday 

It's getting harder to give a shit 

So if you stayed away on holiday 

We could get on with this 

I mean we could evolve like this 

If you'd just call it quits 

Since you've been away on holiday 

We've stomached your archaic rule 

And since you've been away on holiday 

We've hosted some wars over you 

So stay away on holiday, my friend 

We don't need your services 

Your excuses 

Your mysterious ways, your mysterious ways 

Your mysterious ways, your mysterious ways 

What a mysterious way to be hanged 

What a mysterious way to just go away 

Lord, let us go 

Lord, let us go 

Lord, let us go 

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