Atoms

If all we are is atoms What does it mean to sin? The accumulated wisdom, the need for belonging? The agony of desire, the praying for the dead? The calm before the sunset, the dreams locked in my head We shout it when we mean it We sing it when we believe it We preach it because we've seen it We've been assured we've seen it It's a formula It's rapturous If all we are is matter What matters but the end? The wrestling with the angels? The laws we defend? The lovers who define us? All the talk of fate The ways we raise our children The bombs we detonate We shout it when we mean it We sing it when we believe it We preach it because we've seen it We've been assured we've seen it It's a formula It's rapturous It's a formula It's rapturous