Rise Up! Rise Up! Lyrics - Cursive

Dear preacher, thanks for making time for me today 

Hope you don't mind if I hide behind the curtain 

It's been fifteen years since my last confession 

By your good book's standards, I've sinned like a champion 

But that book seems a tad bit outdated 

Please forgive me for questioning divinity 

It's an ugly job, but I think I'm up for it, I'm not saying who's right 

I'm just saying there's more than one way 

To skin a religion, there's more than one way 

To explain our existence 

Reverend sir, I don't want to seem malevolent 

My teenage angst is far behind me 

But father, certainly it's troubling to see 

All these people kneeling instead of dealing 

With the fact that we are all we have 

So, rise up, rise up 

There's no one to worship but plenty of life to lose 

I'm not saying "Let's burn down the church 

But do you want to hear my confession?" 

It's my greatest sin 

Okay, here it is 

I wasted half my life on the thought that I'd live forever 

I wasn't raised to seize the day, but to work and worship 

'Cause, "He that liveth and believeth, supposedly never dies" 

Rise up, rise up 

Live a full life 

'Cause when it's over, it's done 

So rise up, rise up 

Dance and scream and love 

You're not the chosen one 

And I'm not the chosen one