The Mormon Dream Lyrics

Yeah, I grew up with a set of beliefs

That if I stuck to, I could make it through grief

From the outside, they were very extreme

But on the inside, it was just the Mormon dream

I never took a peek inside of my soul

To see if I could ever have somewhere else to go

If you asked me who I am, I'd say I know

That I'm a son of God in the one true church, for sure

But over time, I started to question

This makes no sense; that is my confession

It doesn't add up, now I see oppression

The perfect church is in transgression

They all act like they have it together

But now I have broken that tether

I'm down under, torn asunder, left to wonder

What to do without the Mormon dream

Is this what it seems or am I trying to flee

Trying to escape the scene, if you know what I mean

I'm feeling unclean, a dethroned king

Blown to smithereens, a match in gasoline

I keep lamenting; I'm caught between

A reduced hope and the unseen guillotine

I can't stop; I can't intervene

I'm trapped behind a screen

Now I'm stuck in this rhyme scheme

Hi, this is Brother Hansen; we missed you at church

Leave a message after the beep

I need my sleep; don't make a peep

But the voices keep shouting into the deep

I try to count sheep, but it's not working

It's getting louder and louder and I'm beginning to think

That there's no point in coming back from the brink

Should I keep searching for all of the missing links

Or put on a show for the TikTok lip sync

My cherished beliefs have slipped out of my hand

I'm helpless as I fall into the quicksand

Forget the demands; this wasn't part of the plan

Where do I land; I need to stand

For what's right; others think I've failed the exam

That I'm in a jam, and I've crashed the program

I'm stuck in a frying pan

No purpose without the commands

They don't understand; I was feeling so crammed

I've woken up from the Mormon dream

I'm in a place where I feel free

I'm in a place where I don't feel empty

I'm in a place where I can finally breathe

I've woken up from the Mormon dream

I'm in a place where I'm somebody

I'm in a place where it's bright and sunny

I've woken up from the Mormon dream

What beliefs, you ask, didn't make sense

Too many to list, but I'll still commence

Let's start off with the founder, Joseph Smith

I believed he was a prophet, but that's a myth

He made up scripture using things of his time

And claimed it was a translation

But that's not the worst of his crimes

He married a bunch of women and said

It was a commandment of God

One was only 14, but the church doesn't think that's odd

Are you crazy? Joseph built a church of fraud

They still take members' money

Even though they have a lot

They say don't drink coffee or tea

But go ahead and have your carbonated drinks

They say that it's perfectly fine to be gay

As long as you follow the Mormon way

Which means you must be married as husband and wife

That's the only way to gain eternal life

They say that the right to choose is a heavenly gift

But if you choose wrong, then you've gone adrift

When you leave the church, you're looked down upon

Which makes you think, is this a cult?

Yeah, you're starting to catch on

They tell women, don't you dare show your shoulders

That makes men sin; the church is a controller

Thinking about all these beliefs is disconcerting

The Mormon dream really is disturbing

I've woken up from the Mormon dream

I'm in a place where I feel free

I'm in a place where I don't feel empty

I'm in a place where I can finally breathe

I've woken up from the Mormon dream

I'm in a place where I'm somebody

I'm in a place where it's bright and sunny

I've woken up from the Mormon dream