In a world of us and them It happens now and then That faith becomes a battle Between two cultured men
Father john was said to feel That only god was real Whereas michael was a rebel An atheist with zeal
Both traveled overseas To lecture their beliefs And disparage the foundation of the others ideals A day was fixed upon To weigh the goings-on The saintly father john was saying
I've always been right The word makes me strong Always been right And everyone else wrong
We've always been right To fight how we've fought Always been right And everyone else Has always been, always been wrong
And so the day turned into night The crowd had become wild No one knew the matter But they were eager to fight
Next morning when it cleared Old john had disappeared His brother found his bible But it was torn and smeared
And michael was revived He spent the night inside The temple he had loathed and ridiculed all his life
And at the crack of dawn He knelt down by the throne Begging for the gods to listen
They've always been right To do what they've done Always been right And everyone else wrong
They've always been right To teach how they've taught Always been right And everyone else Has always been wrong