God of the gaps

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Lyrics

Torn between rationality and the anxiety of the unknown

You can understand science but then you need something else

Yearning for the ultimate truth common knowledge can't give you

You keep filling the blanks with supernatural explanations

The more the space shrinks, the more useless it becomes

To cling to your God to explain the mysteries of this world

It's just a stop-gap measure, his space keeps getting smaller

The more that we discover, the less he's needed here

Your faith is conditional

Less selfless than you'd admit

Illusion of security

In the chaos of this world

You can't get what you want, it's totally out of reach

Swallow your skepticism and kneel in front of him

Earthly solutions failed, let's turn to the other world

Just in the vain hope someone's listening to you

Gaslit by desperation, enslaved by misery

This is your last chance, repent and cling to faith

Wishing impossible things, hoping for something more

But deep down you know you're just talking to yourself

Your faith is conditional

Less selfless than you'd admit

Illusion of control

In the chaos of this world

Your lucidity's compromised

Your analyticity's paralyzed

Praying as the last desperate chance

To make the impossible come true

God of the gaps, fill in the blanks

Both existential and practical

Just compensation in any case

Make up for an insufficient world

Intellectual suicide, rational copout

An existential patch to put wherever you need to

Primarily driven by weakness and dread

It's hard to find the courage to embrace uncertainty

Your faith is conditional

Less selfless than you'd admit

Illusion of control

In the chaos of this world