I asked our father and he said
It don't get no easier once you're dead
This whole universe is just mud and bone
And you carry what you can alone

There's total depravity staring back at me
There's total depravity standing right in front of me
I try to look away and I fail
I try to look away and I fail

I asked my mother what went wrong
She said: It's been bad all along
And you gotta face the butcher straight
You don't want to end up on his plate, son

I try to look away and I fail
I try to look away and I fail

(There's total depravity) I try to look away and I fail
There's total depravity standing right in front of me
(There's total depravity) I try to look away and I fail