If it was up to me to mislead you
I would stir up your righteous anger

If it was for me to lead you astray
I would tell you that you're right

If it was for me to mislead you
I would compare you to your neighbour

If it was for me to lead you astray
I would say cross to the other side.

I would whisper to you quietly
Create for you the picture
Of the great and fiery demon
Rather than the silent serpent in the grass

If it was up to me to mislead you
I would call unclean those you fear

If it was up to me to lead you astray
I would tell you that you're not like them

If it was up to me to turn you away
I would build a wall of your stances

If it was up to me, to mislead you
I would stoke division through your opinion

I would whisper at your ear
A light touch upon your shoulder
'Their need is not real,
They should suffer, it's their fault'

Oh I would be so familiar
with the words you want to hear
Anything to keep you from
a humble act of love..

If it was up to me, to mislead you
I would say innocence is for children

If it was up to me to lead you astray
I would say patience is for fools

If it was up to me to turn you away
I would say follow your desire

If it was up to me, to mislead you
I would say take it now or go without

I would send the storm upon you
I would swallow you in suffering
leaving nothing left to cling to but me

I would send waves of uncertainty
Dash you on the rocks of life
I would blame it on the innocent
I would blame it on the giver of life

I would question the commandment

I would tell you you're the chosen one

I would sew doubt on what you know

If it was up to me, to mislead you