Why I Don't Believe In God Lyrics - So Much For The Afterglow - Everclear

I heard the truth about you 

And it doesn't really read at all 

Like the whipping stick you raised me with 

A scared woman in a private hell 

Hushed voice like electric bell 

Strange talk about Edgar Casey 

And the long lame walk of the dark seventies 

Strange talk about Edgar Casey 

And the long lame walk of the dark seventies 

I heard the truth about you 

Yeah, you 

Mama, they woke me up 

I was deep in an idiot sleep 

I was just eight years old 

Heard big words with a horrible sound 

Why'd they have to call my school 

Tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown? 

I wish I believed like you do 

Yeah, you 

In the myth of a merciful God 

In the myth of a Heaven and Hell 

I hear the voices you hear sometimes 

Sometimes it gets so much I feel like letting it go 

Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go 

Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go 

Letting it all go 

Letting it all go 

Letting it all go 

Letting it all go 

Letting it all go 

I ran away, went looking for you 

Back to Culver city and the old neighborhood 

Need to know if you were really gone 

Need to know if you were gone for good 

I ran through the projects at night 

Hide in the dark from my friends in the light 

Hide from my brother-in-law 

Hide from the things he'd say 

Said you weren't losing your mind 

He said you just needed a rest 

He said you'd be coming home soon 

He said the doctors there would know what's best 

Said that maybe I could go live with them for a while