"The Believer" lyrics - CHRIS THILE

You can point and laugh
I'm sure he's used to that
Using faith like an acrobat 'til the net breaks

He won't get upset
Though we've never met
I know everything he's said
'Cause a friend once told me
He's got hellfire in his eyes
There is madness behind the lies
He would burn us all alive just to prove his point

God save the believer
We mistake for deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better

The time has come and gone
To say what's right and wrong
People like him they don't belong 'cause we're all okay
You'd better write him off
Without a second thought
'Cause thinking just leads to getting caught in the traps he sets, like
Who is that on his knees?
It's a daring young man from the flying trapeze
Crying "Father, Father, help me please"
Well good luck pal, 'cause you're gonna need it

God save the believer
We mistake for deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better

He's got hellfire in his eyes
There is madness behind the lies
He would burn us all alive just to prove his point

God save the believer
We mistake for deceiver
'Cause it makes us feel better