What If

We built huge temples
To keep our fear out the door
The dark is crawling near the walls
Drawing shadows to hide
We filled our most precious books
With interdictions and laws
And promised ourselves a fabulous life
On the other side

We made up habits and rites
We often knelt and prayed polite
To the air around, the walls, the ground
To be heavenly sure

We hope we'll pass the fear
We've lived with all these years
Singing some dull, absurdly long chorale
Hoping there is a cure

What if there's nothing more?
What if this is all we've got?
And we're wasting our precious time
Preparing for nothing

Are we really so afraid?
Do we need all this masquerade?
We have to face the fact that
We don't know anything

We managed to kill our brothers
For they had other beliefs
We completely forgot where we all came from
And now we think we're different
We burned the curious at the stake
We condemned the devil and the snake
For our weakness when we broke the rules
We made up ourselves

What if there's nothing more?
What if this is all we've got?
And we're wasting our precious time
Preparing for nothing
Are we really so afraid?
Do we need all this masquerade?
We have to face the fact that
We don't know anything