How did you get so far from holiness How did you get so far from true This road will lead you to destruction You're not dreaming up something new Yeah, you live a long, long way from innocence Steady feeding on the low Pouring down from every avenue Everywhere you go You put in cynical and hostile Sensual and crude Hoping holiness will bloom somehow Man, don't be a fool May I just remind you This world is not your friend Maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Yeah, maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Just maybe Is it so surprising that we wrestle here But not with flesh and blood The soul's at war with principalities The evil and the good, oh... And he one that tends to get the victory, yeah The stronger part of you and me Will be the side you give attention to The nature that you feed, oh... You put in cynical and hostile Sensual and crude Hoping holiness will bloom somehow Man, don't be a fool May I just remind you This world is not your friend Maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Yeah, maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Just maybe This world is not your friend Maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Maybe, maybe Maybe, maybe Yeah, maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in Maybe, maybe Maybe you're putting the wrong stuff in