| Song | Question Marks |
| Artist | Shad |
| Album | When This Is Over |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| What’s with this book now? | |
| Looks like any other good brown hardcover book bound, | |
| The type really took down in the libraries destined for dust | |
| That people can’t quite put down or brush off | |
| Even though it’s been labeled hateful, | |
| Abused to validate racial subjugation and justify hatred | |
| It just defies explanation, how pages could be both burned and bashed, | |
| Learned and loved, hated, yet translated into every single tongue. | |
| If this was just some regular book then how come? | |
| And even these divisions it caused is all for proof, | |
| As we find extreme reactions wherever there is truth. | |
| And why have we heard it quoted a billion times? | |
| Could it be more than just some brilliant lines? | |
| A simple tradition to keep men so engaged in the pages, | |
| By something beyond even the statements, | |
| In the way the scribes, from different tribes, | |
| In different places at different times, could all scribble lines. | |
| But without collusion perfectly coincide, | |
| And connect like pieces of a puzzle | |
| Made from parables, and prophecies, | |
| Parallels and paradoxes that seem to unlock the mysteries, | |
| As we watch the history unfold, | |
| Just as it was foretold | |
| The scrolls unrolled to reveal | |
| Words with that strongest trained sense of all things real, | |
| Could it be made up or actually, factually be? | |
| Scholars have tested the historical accuracy, | |
| But beyond science, even intuition attests | |
| To what the book confirms and all of nature suggests. | |
| That there is likely a force behind | |
| That must possess some kind of mind to design the search, | |
| With all complex life intertwined. | |
| But how could we travel through time, to unravel the lines, | |
| And discover the nature of the divine? | |
| Like is he just and kind, compassionate, old, bearded, and vengeful? | |
| Indifferent? Omnipotent? And if so, | |
| He must be some kind of sick old man, | |
| ‘cause the world as we know it is far from blissful. | |
| Now all this goes to say, that most today, | |
| Believe in some kind of God, even hope and pray. | |
| But struggle with religion and faith don’t dismay. | |
| We’re not destined to decease before we find… | |
| The answer to all the question marks, a spot we began to understand. | |
| See, all the questions inside man are like hands | |
| On the internal compass that guides, | |
| As we search for what could make our hearts satisfied. | |
| First we look outside, blind leading blind in succession for success, | |
| But no one ever conquers the questions, | |
| It’s the quest which only serves to further evidence, | |
| The irrelevance, | |
| Of human skill and intelligence. | |
| Then we look inside, and find with introspection, | |
| There’s no bearing to define the direction; towards truth, | |
| To navigate the course, | |
| ‘Cause not inside or outside, the questions point to a source. | |
| Like is there more to life than sleep, struggle, and strife? | |
| Just eat, hustle, and fight, | |
| And maybe juggle a wife, kids, and a job. | |
| Why are we here? Is there a God? | |
| If there were no answers, would it not be odd? | |
| Our lives would be nothing but a constant search | |
| For something we can’t describe | |
| But swear we must have lost at birth. | |
| ‘Cause on the search we never feel quite home, | |
| Even in large crowds we can often feel alone, | |
| In our own skin trapped like slaves | |
| To behave in ways | |
| That betray our own will, it’s strange | |
| The inconsistencies and mystery | |
| How we often lament that we’re not who we wish to be. | |
| Well, for those in this position, | |
| First off you’re not alone, | |
| Secondly, in this condition something interesting is shown; the conscience. | |
| But why would it impose such laws that expose such flaws? | |
| There seems no just cause. | |
| But since our conscience is a part of our person, | |
| The mistake that many make is to ignore it in our searching; for happiness, | |
| Which leaves many incomplete. | |
| But this is still just the first step to finding peace, | |
| ‘Cause it’s not blind devotion to a code of laws, | |
| But a real relationship with the one true God. | |
| Pause. |
| What' s with this book now? | |
| Looks like any other good brown hardcover book bound, | |
| The type really took down in the libraries destined for dust | |
| That people can' t quite put down or brush off | |
| Even though it' s been labeled hateful, | |
| Abused to validate racial subjugation and justify hatred | |
| It just defies explanation, how pages could be both burned and bashed, | |
| Learned and loved, hated, yet translated into every single tongue. | |
| If this was just some regular book then how come? | |
| And even these divisions it caused is all for proof, | |
| As we find extreme reactions wherever there is truth. | |
| And why have we heard it quoted a billion times? | |
| Could it be more than just some brilliant lines? | |
| A simple tradition to keep men so engaged in the pages, | |
| By something beyond even the statements, | |
| In the way the scribes, from different tribes, | |
| In different places at different times, could all scribble lines. | |
| But without collusion perfectly coincide, | |
| And connect like pieces of a puzzle | |
| Made from parables, and prophecies, | |
| Parallels and paradoxes that seem to unlock the mysteries, | |
| As we watch the history unfold, | |
| Just as it was foretold | |
| The scrolls unrolled to reveal | |
| Words with that strongest trained sense of all things real, | |
| Could it be made up or actually, factually be? | |
| Scholars have tested the historical accuracy, | |
| But beyond science, even intuition attests | |
| To what the book confirms and all of nature suggests. | |
| That there is likely a force behind | |
| That must possess some kind of mind to design the search, | |
| With all complex life intertwined. | |
| But how could we travel through time, to unravel the lines, | |
| And discover the nature of the divine? | |
| Like is he just and kind, compassionate, old, bearded, and vengeful? | |
| Indifferent? Omnipotent? And if so, | |
| He must be some kind of sick old man, | |
| ' cause the world as we know it is far from blissful. | |
| Now all this goes to say, that most today, | |
| Believe in some kind of God, even hope and pray. | |
| But struggle with religion and faith don' t dismay. | |
| We' re not destined to decease before we find | |
| The answer to all the question marks, a spot we began to understand. | |
| See, all the questions inside man are like hands | |
| On the internal compass that guides, | |
| As we search for what could make our hearts satisfied. | |
| First we look outside, blind leading blind in succession for success, | |
| But no one ever conquers the questions, | |
| It' s the quest which only serves to further evidence, | |
| The irrelevance, | |
| Of human skill and intelligence. | |
| Then we look inside, and find with introspection, | |
| There' s no bearing to define the direction towards truth, | |
| To navigate the course, | |
| ' Cause not inside or outside, the questions point to a source. | |
| Like is there more to life than sleep, struggle, and strife? | |
| Just eat, hustle, and fight, | |
| And maybe juggle a wife, kids, and a job. | |
| Why are we here? Is there a God? | |
| If there were no answers, would it not be odd? | |
| Our lives would be nothing but a constant search | |
| For something we can' t describe | |
| But swear we must have lost at birth. | |
| ' Cause on the search we never feel quite home, | |
| Even in large crowds we can often feel alone, | |
| In our own skin trapped like slaves | |
| To behave in ways | |
| That betray our own will, it' s strange | |
| The inconsistencies and mystery | |
| How we often lament that we' re not who we wish to be. | |
| Well, for those in this position, | |
| First off you' re not alone, | |
| Secondly, in this condition something interesting is shown the conscience. | |
| But why would it impose such laws that expose such flaws? | |
| There seems no just cause. | |
| But since our conscience is a part of our person, | |
| The mistake that many make is to ignore it in our searching for happiness, | |
| Which leaves many incomplete. | |
| But this is still just the first step to finding peace, | |
| ' Cause it' s not blind devotion to a code of laws, | |
| But a real relationship with the one true God. | |
| Pause. |
| What' s with this book now? | |
| Looks like any other good brown hardcover book bound, | |
| The type really took down in the libraries destined for dust | |
| That people can' t quite put down or brush off | |
| Even though it' s been labeled hateful, | |
| Abused to validate racial subjugation and justify hatred | |
| It just defies explanation, how pages could be both burned and bashed, | |
| Learned and loved, hated, yet translated into every single tongue. | |
| If this was just some regular book then how come? | |
| And even these divisions it caused is all for proof, | |
| As we find extreme reactions wherever there is truth. | |
| And why have we heard it quoted a billion times? | |
| Could it be more than just some brilliant lines? | |
| A simple tradition to keep men so engaged in the pages, | |
| By something beyond even the statements, | |
| In the way the scribes, from different tribes, | |
| In different places at different times, could all scribble lines. | |
| But without collusion perfectly coincide, | |
| And connect like pieces of a puzzle | |
| Made from parables, and prophecies, | |
| Parallels and paradoxes that seem to unlock the mysteries, | |
| As we watch the history unfold, | |
| Just as it was foretold | |
| The scrolls unrolled to reveal | |
| Words with that strongest trained sense of all things real, | |
| Could it be made up or actually, factually be? | |
| Scholars have tested the historical accuracy, | |
| But beyond science, even intuition attests | |
| To what the book confirms and all of nature suggests. | |
| That there is likely a force behind | |
| That must possess some kind of mind to design the search, | |
| With all complex life intertwined. | |
| But how could we travel through time, to unravel the lines, | |
| And discover the nature of the divine? | |
| Like is he just and kind, compassionate, old, bearded, and vengeful? | |
| Indifferent? Omnipotent? And if so, | |
| He must be some kind of sick old man, | |
| ' cause the world as we know it is far from blissful. | |
| Now all this goes to say, that most today, | |
| Believe in some kind of God, even hope and pray. | |
| But struggle with religion and faith don' t dismay. | |
| We' re not destined to decease before we find | |
| The answer to all the question marks, a spot we began to understand. | |
| See, all the questions inside man are like hands | |
| On the internal compass that guides, | |
| As we search for what could make our hearts satisfied. | |
| First we look outside, blind leading blind in succession for success, | |
| But no one ever conquers the questions, | |
| It' s the quest which only serves to further evidence, | |
| The irrelevance, | |
| Of human skill and intelligence. | |
| Then we look inside, and find with introspection, | |
| There' s no bearing to define the direction towards truth, | |
| To navigate the course, | |
| ' Cause not inside or outside, the questions point to a source. | |
| Like is there more to life than sleep, struggle, and strife? | |
| Just eat, hustle, and fight, | |
| And maybe juggle a wife, kids, and a job. | |
| Why are we here? Is there a God? | |
| If there were no answers, would it not be odd? | |
| Our lives would be nothing but a constant search | |
| For something we can' t describe | |
| But swear we must have lost at birth. | |
| ' Cause on the search we never feel quite home, | |
| Even in large crowds we can often feel alone, | |
| In our own skin trapped like slaves | |
| To behave in ways | |
| That betray our own will, it' s strange | |
| The inconsistencies and mystery | |
| How we often lament that we' re not who we wish to be. | |
| Well, for those in this position, | |
| First off you' re not alone, | |
| Secondly, in this condition something interesting is shown the conscience. | |
| But why would it impose such laws that expose such flaws? | |
| There seems no just cause. | |
| But since our conscience is a part of our person, | |
| The mistake that many make is to ignore it in our searching for happiness, | |
| Which leaves many incomplete. | |
| But this is still just the first step to finding peace, | |
| ' Cause it' s not blind devotion to a code of laws, | |
| But a real relationship with the one true God. | |
| Pause. |