Babylon - David Gray

We refuse to be What you wanted us to be We are what we are That's the way (way) it's going to be you don't know! You can't educate I For no equal opportunity (Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom People freedom (freedom) and liberty! Yeah, we've been treading on the wine press much too long Rebel, rebel! Yes, we've been treading on the wine press much too long Rebel, rebel! Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire) Suckin' the children day by day, yeah! Me say, de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yeah! Building church and university, whoa-ooh, yeah! Deceiving the people continually, yeah! Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers Look out now they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers) Yeah! (sufferers) Tell the children the truth Tell the children the truth Tell the children the truth right now! Come on and tell the children the truth Tell the children the truth Tell the children the truth Tell the children the truth Come on and tell the children the truth 'Cause, 'cause we've been treading on ya wine press much too long Rebel, rebel! And we've been taken for granted much too long Rebel, rebel now! (Treading on the wine press) treading on the wine press (rebel) Got to rebel, y'all (rebel)! We've been treading on the wine press much too long, yeah! (rebel) Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah! From the very day we left the shores (treading on the wine press) Of our Father's land (rebel) We've been trampled on (rebel) Oh, now! (We've been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to

Crucify, cru-crucify me Crucify, cru-cru I can't recall the last time I took advice from anyone Shaped like a figure eight who trusts pretty girls anyway? And I can't recall the last time I took advice from anyone I'm sure I'll be the death of me And I can't recall the last time I took love from anyone I called daddy, who's got one anyway? Not me Are you hating youself? Do you really hate me? Are you hating yourself? Was it worth it? Would you do it again? Aren't you tired of always making amends? I know you hate me now I bet you hate me now Bring on the thorny crown Crucify me Cross my heart then I hope to die With a peace of mind (a peace of mind) Piece together my brain soon as This beat rewind (beat rewind) Nitrogen and propane I spike your drink at times (turn up, turn up) I make it hard to swallow this game You throw up every line I notice people got Napoleon complex But that's my confession You said that we're equal but I know you're Beyond gassing that I'm beyond desperate (yeah that) 6AM on a Friday morning, my darkest hours Them heartless hours My apartment is lost in a coffin I'm dead to the world like I popped me a couple downers Down & Out on my luck Salt water all on my tux and I call, she don't pick up Then I fall when summer is ending I mean there's no pretending I'm stuck in my ways and you're offended That's life, that's you, this me, that's vice You're wrong, I'm right, that's right I belong somewhere on ice I'm colder a new blood type? Even colder Cold shoulder, Born Sinner, you know? Cole showed us! I have nothing to lose, my dark side been well in-tuned A Gemini go show them faces And this here just one of my moods, Babylon Was it worth it? Would you do it again? Aren't you tired of always making amends? I know you hate me now I bet you hate me now Bring on the thorny crown Crucify me Crucify, cru-crucify me Crucify, cru-cru Crucify, cru-crucify me Crucify, cru-cru

I thought we had a place, just our place Our home base, my headspace Was you and I always But that phase has been phased in our place I see it on your face, a small trace A blank slate, we've been erased But if we're way too faded to drive You can stay one more night We said we'd both love harder than we knew we could go But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go You wanted to go higher, higher, higher Burn too bright, now the fire's gone Watch it all fall down: Babylon Babylon Burn too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down I'm tired of the feud, your short fuse My half-truths are not amused I wish we had a clue to start new A white moon, no residue The color of our mood is so rude, a cold June We're not immune But if we're way too faded to fight You can stay one more night We said we'd both love harder than we knew we could go But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go You wanted to go higher, higher, higher Burn too bright, now the fire's gone Watch it all fall down: Babylon Babylon Burn too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down We said we'd both love harder than we knew we could go But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go You wanted to go higher, higher, higher Burn too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down We said we'd both love harder than we knew we could go But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go You wanted to go higher, higher, higher Burn too bright, now the fire's gone Watch it all fall down: Babylon Babylon Burn too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down

EVERLAST Miscellaneous Babylon Feeling"(feat. Carlos Santana My heart is broke, my will is gone Fell in love with a woman named Babylon She hook me to the gills all of her forbidden thrills I call her baby for short then I ramble on She'll forget about me My soul is high, my mind is free Met a shorty with some back call her Destiny She showed me all my fates, my stream of conscious navigates I orbit around the sun at high velocity Don't forget about me, don't forget about Sweet things won't you save my soul Pretty lady, won't you take me home [X2]...tonight My arms are heavy, my body's tense Got the hot's for this honey named Confidence She points out all of my flaws, breaking all of her favorite laws Never speaks a word in my defense, just forget about me My spirit's weak, my lust will thrive Got a thing for this bitch said her name's a lie She controls me with her fear, my prayers fall on her cold deaf ear She says have a good time and take your dive Just forget about me, just forget about Sweet things, won't you save my soul (yeah) Pretty lady, won't you take me home Sweet thing won't you save my soul (yeah) Pretty lady won't you take me home... tonight I've got a Babylon feelin', I've got a Babylon feelin' I've got a Babylon feelin', I'm feelin' Babylon My heart is broke, my will is gone Fell in love with a woman named Babylon She hook me to the gills, all of her forbidden thrills I call her baby for short then I ramble on, and I ramble on I've got a Babylon feelin', I've got a Babylon feelin' I've got a Babylon feelin', feelin', feelin', yeah [X4]

Standing so I can see them beneath the morning sky All those who seek to climb so high To insure the river Jordan will not run dry All of the tears run out of the valley high Oh a den Mesada! I fear the War's out Tell Father they've come, oh tell Mother they've come Lord forgive they for they have stamped on the ocean Oh forgive them who trampled by the way side Lord forgive them who trot upon the ocean Lord forgive them for all of dem a they don't know They sit there robbing de poor We shall stand upon the lies they told Rocking the boat that they stole, Remember Babylon rule them... Dread Iyon Dread Dem a payaka, want to live and be so free yeah, oh lord Now if dem want to live, if dem want to live, oh now shelter we Oh Father they stole, another one, another country poor Oh another one, another country poor Well now the youth man say Well now the Convenant say, oh the youth man say And the a government now they don't know Now they don't see Jah people don't want to Believe them, no more, they are deceive yes, no more While they sit in their illusion wondering how Babylon rule dem, rule them So dem, so dem man, so dem a masses have cried And left them all out, and left them all out To suffer inna dis a ghetto while dem trampled out On my soul, Brought to you dem Lepo paya, dem Lepo paya, Lepo paya gone a Ethiopia Lepo paya, dem Lepo paya, Lepo paya gone a Ethiopia Standing so I can see them beneath the morning sky Seeking to climb the ladder so high Oh the mighty Jordan will not run dry So our tear drop from valley to the sky Oh they don't know, they sit there punishing the poor While all my brethren a lock up 'pon the floor Give us our justice and we will seek no more Remember Babylon rule dem... Dread Iyon Dread Dem a payaka, want to live and be so free, oh lord Man if ya want to live, if ya want to live, oh now shelter we Oh dear Mother and Father come look at me, Flying so peacefully Oh now de, now de Father come run uponthe I-shed Oh dear Sistren come upon the ocean Oh my Idren run upon the I-shed Oh dear Sistren run upon a dey don't know Now they don't see Jah people don't want to Believe them, no more, they are deceive yes, no more While they sit in their illusion wondering how Oh Babylon rule them, rule them

Easy, Natty, easy Nah take it so rough Easy, Natty, easy Babylon too tough Them a walk, them a shoot, them a loot Babylon them a brute Them a walk, them a loot, them a shoot But we know evil by the root Easy, brethren, easy Nah take it so rough ya Easy, brethren, easy Babylon too tough Them a walk, them a loot, them a shoot Babylon them a brute Them a walk, them a loot, them a shoot But we know evil by the root Easy, Natty, easy Nah take it so rough Easy, Natty, easy Babylon too tough, yeah Babylon too tough Easy, Natty, easy Nah take it so rough Easy, Natty, easy Babylon too tough Them a walk, them a loot, them a shoot Babylon them a brute Them a walk, them a shoot, them a loot But we know evil by the root so Easy, Natty, easy Nah take it so rough Easy, Natty, easy Babylon too tough Easy, Natty, easy Just play it cool Easy, Natty, easy Jah be right there with you

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour