Materialist lyrics

You're obsessed and distressed 'cause you can't make any sense

Of the ludicrous nonsense and incipient senescence

That will deem your common sense useless

This ain't no recess

I want to believe in you but my plans keep falling through

I know I have to face the harshness, grin and bare the truth

And I have to walk this mile in my own shoes

And I'm no fool

I'm materialist, a full-blown realist

And I guess I'm full of doubt so I'm prone to have it out with you

I'm materialist, there ain't no fear in this

It's there for all to see, so don't talk of hidden mystery with me

Mind over matter, it really don't matter

If the street's idle chatter turns your heartstrings to tatters

Flatter hopes don't flatter and soul batter won't congeal

to mend a life that's shattered into shards

Was it in the cards?

The process of belief is an elixir when you're weak

I must confess at times I indulge it on the sneak

But generally my outlook's not so bleak

And I'm not meek

I'm materialist, call me a humanist

And I guess I'm full of doubt so I'll gladly have it out with you

I'm materialist, I ain't no deist

It's there for all to see, so don't talk of hidden mystery with me

Like Rome under Nero, our future's one big zero

Recycling the past to meet immediate needs

And through it all we amble forth to persevere and climb

Our mountains of regret to sow our seeds

I'm materialist

I'm materialist

I'm materialist

I'm materialist

• Artist:Bad Religion
• Album:The Process of Belief (2002)