They're circling 'round but I need more time My freedom is priceless and so is my peace of mind I shouldn't have to pay for mine If they were bees 'round my baby I would kill them But they hover in packs and what a sorry excuse for men There should be no excusing them Cause they are dragging my faith out of me It was not for the taking Look the vultures are perching And they are dragging my faith out of me Everything I believed in Look out in the waters they're lurking Quietly violent like a bad dream They pursue day and night They never rest like a hunting beast A shadow in the corner of my eye and at the heels of my feet Do they see any good in all this somehow? I could charge them for murder cause they're killing my spirit now It shouldn't be allowed Cause they are dragging my faith out of me It was not for the taking Look the vultures are perching And they are dragging my faith out of me Everything I believed in Look out in the waters they're lurking