Let's pretend
The age of reason was just a dream
Make amends
And judge by what things seem
According to superstition
And emotional intuition
Let's pretend
That science was just a joke
Make amends
To all unreasoning folk
Let's start a new tradition
Of thinking without cognition
Let's have us an inquisition
Let's usher in a new middle ages
Let's leave the age of reason behind
Let's have a legalistic religion
Let's act on emotion without using the mind
Let's be unkind and walk around blind
Let the Enlightenment fade in the distance
Fade away with things like composure and grace
Let's be primitive, let's be barbarians
Let's turn back the clock on the whole human race
Let's save face and vengeance embrace
Let's pretend
Civilization never grew
Make amends
To Neanderthals anew
We can be ignorant and wild
With beauty and civility reviled
Let's pretend
That the spirits are to blame
Make amends
And walk around in guilt and shame
And ignore scientific fact
It's not listed in your tract
And so must not be backed...
Let's usher in a new middle ages
Let's leave the age of reason behind
Let's have a legalistic religion
Let's act on emotion without using the mind
Let's be unkind and walk around blind
Let the Enlightenment fade in the distance
Fade away with things like composure and grace
Let's be primitive, let's be barbarians
Let's turn back the clock on the whole human race
Let's save face and vengeance embrace
