they say we sang before we talked now we talk so much but we don t say a thing the heathen stamped his foot in time he got so high he opened up the heavens this is the part where you stand up put your hands together and really give it up do you know what i m saying do you know what i mean close your eyes choose a destination try to forget everything you thought you knew don t you know there is no church or nation but you can believe in the music history can you tell me over this broken telephone just what they knew we re going through the motion our devotion just a token for tradition s sake taking our potions and we re faking our emotions this is the part where you stand up put your hands together and really give it up do you know what i m saying do you know what i mean close your eyes choose a destination try to forget everything you thought you knew don t you know there is no church or nation but you can believe in the music