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Babylon

from Empires by Wen Reagan

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The Sand it burns my feet down to the bone
I hear my wife and children cry and moan
our caravan it drudges through the sun
as you take it all away and on to Babylon
We pass right through the giant door Ishtar
I know that you've sustained us here thus far
but the blue and gold in turn disguise
the tears in my eyes, the tears in my eyes
If we're paying for our sins
then let your wrath rain down
for I would rather die
than live in misery in this town
for I've seen your temple walls fall
among the blood and greed
all we've raised with our hands
turns to dust in the wind
but where are you
here in Babylon
Pulled apart as we try to say goodbye
pulled from the sockets were his eyes
forced to dine among this city's great
he drinks your cup of fate
here in Babylon
We suffer what we've sown and what we reap
we sit between these rivers and we weep
they force us to sing songs of our true love
the love we lost today
the love we lost that day
If we're paying for our sins
then let your wrath rain down
for I would rather die
than live in misery in this town
for I've seen your temple walls fall
among the blood and greed
all we've raised with our hands
turns to dust in the end
but where are you
here in Babylon
And as the tanks and soldiers move
they spill blood upon this ground
are we oppressors in this land
or saviors of the lost and found
we will reap everything that we sow
here in blood and greed
all we've burned with our hands
will testify in the end
what will you say
here in Babylon
Lift your eyes!
He will come and make straight a way
through this desert heat
Lift your songs!
Peace he'll bring with his right hand
and joyfully we'll sing
Lift your heads!
He breaks this bondage with his voice
He calls us all by name
Lift your hearts!
He restores all things for good
and he will bring us home
one day

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from Empires, released October 1, 2007
©2007 Wen Reagan. All Rights Reserved.

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Wen Reagan Durham, North Carolina

Wen Reagan is a singer-songwriter and worship leader based in Durham, North Carolina. Wen serves as the Director of Music and Worship at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church, teaches worship at Samford University and Duke Divinity School, and contributes as a songwriter for Cardiphonia, a national network of worship songwriters writing for the love of the church. ... more

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