I asked our father and he said ♪ "It don't get no easier once you're dead ♪ This whole universe is just mud and bone ♪ And you carry what you can alone" There's total depravity staring back at me ♪ There's total depravity standing right in front of me ♪ I try to look away and I fail ♪ I try to look away and I fail ♪ I asked my mother what went wrong ♪ She said, "It's been bad all along ♪ And you gotta face the butcher straight ♪ You don't want to end up on his plate, son" I try to look away and I fail ♪ I try to look away and I fail ♪ (There's total depravity) I try to look away and I fail ♪ There's total depravity standing right in front of me ♪ (There's total depravity) I try to look away and I fail