We looked to our gods
As they stood
Upon pedestals of glass
Humming their lullabies
In our opened ears

We learned their prayers
Sang their hymns
Spoke their words
Knew their sins

We lost ourselves in their heaven
But were still standing on the ground
We marched to their beat
Keeping our heads up in times of doubt

They opened our minds
They opened our hearts

We flocked by the hundreds every night
To look up at the stars
So we moved as one body
When they said
Fall to your knees-- We knelt
Get to your feet-- We stood
Put up your hands-- We reached

Towards them
Our faulted stars
Our pretty princes
Our ****** queens

We heard the word
And carried it to our world
It wasn’t long before we returned
With our friends close behind

We shared their stories and their lessons
As our idols stood there in angelic light

We flocked by the thousands every night
To look up at the stars
We flocked by the thousands every night
In the cities, in the streets
No one left in a seat
We placed our trust in the hands of prophets
Who told us that
Every decade is the Teen Age
So we drank their wine
Broke their bread
We took it all in
Buying into a new reality
Re-making ourselves in their image

We were lost
But now are found
And all the while
We’re still standing on the ground

Looking up
Still waiting in line at the gates
Still paying admission
Still hoping to find our way to sainthood
So that we might

Laugh and cry together
Die, but live forever

At least in memory
And look down from on high

As they flock by the millions every night
To look up at the stars