Merchandise Lyrics

It's still raining, and it's 75, and climbing

And all the shop windows are dressed to the nines

All in a line, all dressed up for Christmastime

I think the reason for the season is not in the namesake

But in the need to find peace of mind through merchandise

At Christmastime, we don't think twice

We just keep paying the price

Mary, did you know that your baby

Grows up to save me

From self-reflection, just cut the check

Mary, did you know that you carry

Someone we'll bury beneath our excuses

Known by our fruits, a dead faith

Piece by piece, day by day

Watch the bride trade away

The neighbors for a bit of silver

All these kingdoms, all we've won

Frightened children, loaded guns

Won't slip through the eyes of needles

We beat our ploughshares into swords

And seek a worldly reward

And that's the only kind that's waiting

Mary, did you know that the ones who

Took your boy from you trademarked his name

Took it around the world in vain

Oh, Mary, did you know your creation

Brings transmutation

Fortunes from Bibles, brothers to rivals

I really meant it, I only wanted to feel transcendent

Fumbling round for the light

People in white stay in the box

Can't get by the stumbling blocks

It's just merchandise

It's just merchandise