Lyrics Babel - Mumford & Sons

Babel

I know that time has numbered my days
And I’ll go along with everything you say
But I’ll write home laughing, «Look at me now»
But the walls in my town will come crumbling down
My ears hear the call of my unborn sons
And I know that choices color all I’ve done
But I’ll explain it all to the watchman’s son
I never lived a year better spent in love
I know my weakness, know my voice
And I’ll believe in Grace and Choice
And I know perhaps my heart is sparse
But I’ll be born without a mask (oh)
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
I stretch my arms into the sky
I cried, «Babel, Babel look at me now»
But the walls of my town they come crumbling down
You ask, «Where we will stand in winds that will howl?»
As all we see will slip into the cloud
So come down from your mountain and stand where we been
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve known I was weaker from the start
You’ll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down
Well I’m gonna tear, tear them down