SPOTLIGHT ON LYRICS
SPOTLIGHT ON LYRICS:
This Week: ESCAPE FROM BABYLON
The faces of the soldiers stare
Retreating to the hill
The laughing dogs of destiny
Gather round the kill
And the one-eyed judge sets altars in
The seven halls at dawn
O if you still can you'd better plan
Your escape from Babylon...
I loosed my burdens long ago
In the darkness of these walls
And I freed my vision from the chains
Where your naked virtue falls
I stole into your curtained rooms
Unnoticed and was gone
Slipping thru the iron gates
To escape from Babylon...
There's a child who drags a bloody cross
He's passing by your door
As the barefoot archer bends his bow
You're kneeling on the floor
And you see this face of innocence
Being set up like a pawn
Yet still you wait afraid to make
Your escape from Babylon...
The rain blows thru the streets
And a messenger arrives
He tells you that its dangerous
To seek refuge in disguise
And he asks you please to run with him
But you say you're staying on
Your sad illusions guarding
Your escape from Babylon...
The lion dances with the lamb
And the turning point is near
And tempting fate you sit and wait
For a savior to appear
But no one comes thru its still up to you
So surrender what is gone
Face the shadows pack your bags
And escape from Babylon...
Riding in from the wilderness
Where your fallen armies roam
I wonder how you've managed
To get so far from home
And your heroes of the holocaust
With all their weapons drawn
Are sealing off all avenues
Of escape from Babylon...
Now you come to me with your soul in chains
And your hands in the wishing well
And a thousand times I dropped the keys
To catch you as you fell
But now I leave you with your slaves
For I must be travelin on
Down this road that leads to my
Escape from Babylon...
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