Requiem for Babylon

Lyrics

The angel came down with a voice like thunder

Glory so bright, tore the night asunder

Fallen is Babylon, the mighty throne cracked

The weight of her sins, she ain’t coming back

Demons dancing in the ghostly remains

Hollow streets echo with the lost and the pain

Merchants weep for the gold they once stacked

Now ash in the wind, all their fortunes ransacked

Oh Babylon, your fire burns

Riches to ruin

No return 

Oh Babylon, your crown’s gone

The smoke of your fall lingers on

Her wine made the nations drunk with her lies

Kings and traders blinded by her disguise

Her luxuries gleamed but her heart was hollow

Now they cry in her shadow, fear they follow

Woe

Ships at the harbor

Gold turns to dust

Woe

Pearls in the water

Jewels turned to rust

Woe

The city of splendor now a desolate pit

Woe

The echoes of laughter gone in a split

Woe

Woe to the merchants and kings

Their land, their silver and silk

Slipping like sand

Oh Babylon, your fire burns

Riches to ruin

No return 

Oh Babylon, your crown’s gone

The smoke of your fall lingers on

Fallen, fallen, Babylon’s gone

The world turns its face

But their grief goes on

Smoke rises high

Where the towers stood tall

Fallen, fallen, hear the Empire’s call