Cult

I sat in church while my father preached

About sexual sin and pornography

Learning that I was inherently bad

That god was my lover, my brother, my dad

And that made me feel kind of dirty inside

I was afraid I was the Antichrist

Because I felt nothing whenever I prayed

I said I was a republican in the second grade

So who’s that in the corner listening to REM

It’s me losing my religion again

I didn’t ask to join, it wasn’t my fault

Growing up is like leaving a cult

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)

I sat in science class and I fantasized

About getting killed because I stood up for Christ

I’d get a new body, a crown, and a mansion,

I’d be the most popular angel in heaven

These are the end times that’s what my Dad said

Don’t take the mark of the beast on your forehead

There are satanic themes in Dragon Ball Z

And secular music on MTV

So who’s that in the corner listening to REM

It’s me losing my religion again

I didn’t ask to join, it wasn’t my fault

Growing up is like leaving a cult

Who’s that in the corner listening to REM

It’s me losing my religion again

I’m a little kid riding inside a mechanical adult

Growing up is like leaving a cult

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)

I'm leaving, leaving, leaving a cult

(Leaving a cult, leaving a cult, leaving a cult)