The Question Now

It's not a gun but it is loaded
It's not a fist and yet it's raised
It's not a bomb but it's exploded
Spreading fear most every place

Endless voices on the airwaves
Crusaders calling left and right
In the shadow of their churches
Who knows what prayers are prayed tonight

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ee How the temperature is rising
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ee How the truth is torn apart
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ee We must open up our hearts

People scanning all the omens
Count the profits, hide the costs
Screens can tell us our location
What they don't know is that we're lost

We lead our children to the altar
The knife so cold upon our hands
Though we hesitate and falter
We still obey the gods' commands

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee How the temperature is rising
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee How the truth is torn apart
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee We must open up our hearts

It's not a clock but it's still ticking
It's not a voice and yet it speaks
It's not the path we thought of picking
Some hands sow and some hands reap

In the night the stars are steady
Even as our planet spins and burns
The question now is are we ready
The question now is

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ee
Will we open up our hearts