Lyrics Christian Summer Camp - John Mark Nelson

I went to Christian summer camp
When I was just a kid
It took work but I finally repressed
Half the crazy shit we did
We learned about everything
From creation to the end of time
Grew to hate our bodies, brains, and other places where the devil hides

It makes me feel crazy now
But it reminds me how
I just wanted to fit in
I didn't want to be left out
So I ditched my doubts
And became a believer
Born again

It felt real back then
Crying in that dusty chapel
What I assume was God
Cutting through me like a scalpel
I'd give anything to feel that right now

A few years after summer camp
I accidentally fell in love
I started racing to the fiery end
That happens when your too damn young
Cold nights and northern stars
Talking through the live we'd live
Making plans just real enough
To forget that we were just still kids
It makes me feel lucky now
Cause it reminds me how
I finally fit in

But I never sit around and doubt
The way it all played out
Is different than the way it should have been

It felt real back then
Crying in my parent's Chevy
After I drove you home
Knowing that you'd live without me
And wondering who to turn to now

The summer after we grew apart
I drove to the place where we met
Then just like Christian summer camp
I never went back again