[Intro - Acoustic strum, voice entering wry and conversational] You want to know how it's done? Pull up a chair. I'll tell you. [Verse 1] How to read the Bible like it's any other book on the shelf How to listen to a sermon without ever asking it yourself How to wait for an institution to bless the page in front of your face How to ask a fourth-century council if the Author meant the case How to flatten sixty-six books to a single muffled tone How to leave the page wide open while you sit there alone [Pre-Chorus - Hammond organ swells in] And the fire is still burning while you sit there And the page is still speaking while you look away The Author has been signing every chapter While you've been waiting for somebody else to say it's okay [Chorus - Big drums, electric guitars layer in] I'll teach you all this in six easy steps A whole career you'll never have to risk Just sit, just nod, just wait For the council to set the date Six easy steps Six easy steps [Verse 2] How to act like Hippo gave the Word permission to survive How to fold up Carthage like a stamp the Author had to ratify How to ditch James as inconvenient or treat him like a sword How to drag the Song of Solomon to whatever costume you can afford How to sit on Esther's silence and call her hard to read How to take Ecclesiastes and feel nothing while he bleeds [Pre-Chorus] And the fire is still burning underneath the program And the prophet's still pointing two thousand years deep The Mind that wrote the rescue across the centuries Is still writing while you sleep [Chorus] I'll teach you all this in six easy steps A whole career you'll never have to risk Just sit, just nod, just wait For the council to set the date Six easy steps Six easy steps [Verse 3 - The turn, vocal closer, electric pulled back] And listen, I have done it I have done every single one I have nodded through the sermon I have waited for the bishop's pen I have flattened all the books I have buried Esther in her silence I have kept the firmware locked And kept my eyes wide open [Bridge - Sparse, build, drums dropping then climbing] But there was a Tuesday in October When I sat down with chapter eight And the words came in and laid me low And I could not keep the gate The fire was already burning The Author had been speaking the whole time No council ever gave it weight The Author signed His name [Final Chorus - Rock-radio big, double-tracked vocals] It took me six easy steps to undo The lifetime I had built to never feel The Word reads me before I read the Word *The entrance of His words gives light* The simple are made wise The Bible proves itself in the reading Six easy steps the other way Six easy steps to undo Six easy steps [Outro - Wider, vocal stacks, fading drums] Six easy steps the other way Six easy steps the other way The fire is real The Author signed His name Six easy steps The other way