We're brought up in a vacuum 
That sucks away our years 
We live out our precious lives 
Trapped by some other man's fears 

We live in a state of resignation 
As neither man nor beast 
But as some unholy horror 
In sacrifice to life's feast 

We damn our lives, our souls, our beings 
Subordinated to another's whim 
Searching the stars for a quiding light 
Toward a future that seems only dim 

Why can't we love, why can't we see 
The beauty that is what we are 
Why do we squint and squirm 
And take our pleasures from afar 

Why are we doomed to go through life 
Never realizing our secret desires 
Why do we accept the laws of men 
Who have no sparks, no flames, no fires 

Why do we accept the convictions of those 
Who have not our love or respect 
Why do we live by the morals of men 
Who show us only pain and neglect 

Why are we made only to suffer 
When all we want is to live 
When all we truly want from life 
Is that in which we give 

I do not accept original sin 
I do not accept guilt without crime 
I do not accept suffering as my standard 
I do not repent for this life of mine