Retreat! - Cursive

They took the shrine to the temple

But he wasn’t there

They checked the mosque and the chapel

No, not there

Since you’ve been away on holiday

The natives are all nightmares

Since you’ve been away on holiday

I did dream you’d disappear

You keep us on a leash you can’t conceive

But still must adhere to

The natives are whipping each other

Over which god they prefer

I wish you’d do us all a favor

And just differ

Since you’ve been away on holiday

We don’t know which god is which

And since you’ve been on holiday

It’s been harder to give a shit

So if you stayed away on holiday

We could get on with this

I mean we could evolve like this

If you’d just call it quits

Since you’ve been away on holiday

We’ve stomached your archaic rule

And Since you’ve been away on holiday

We’ve hosted some wars over you

So stay away on holiday — my friend

We don’t need your services;

Your excuses --

Your mysterious ways

What a mysterious way to be hanged

What a mysterious way to just go away

Lord let us go!