Planned Obsolescence lyrics

[ music: Dennis Drew/lyric: Natalie Merchant ]



Science
Is truth for life
Watch religion fall obsolete
Science
Will be truth for life
Technology as nature
Science
Truth for life
In fortran tongue the
Answer

With wealth and prominence
Man so near perfection
Possession
It's an absence of interim
Secure no demurrer
Defense against divine
Defense against his true
Image
Human conflict number five
Discovery
Dissolved all illusion
Mystery
Destroyed with conclusion
And illusion never restored

Any modern man can see
That religion is
Obsolete

Piety
Obsolete
Ritual
Obsolete
Martyrdom
Obsolete
Prophetic vision
Obsolete
Mysticism
Obsolete
Commitment
Obsolete
Sacrament
Obsolete
Revelation
Obsolete
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/0-9/10000_maniacs/planned_obsolescence.html ]