Babel

Mumford And Sons · Babel [2012]

Cos I know that time has numbered my days

And I'll go along with everything you say

But I'll ride home laughing

Look at me now

Through the walls of my town they come crumbling down



And my ears hear the call of

My unborn sons

And I know that choices colour all I've done

But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son

I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love



Cos I'll know my weakness, know my voice

And I'll believe in grace and choice

And I know perhaps my heart is fast

But I'll be borne without a mask



Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride

I stretch my arms into the sky

I cry Babel, Babel look at me now

Through the walls of my town they come crumbling down



You ask where will we stand in the 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



Cos I know my weakness,

Know my voice

And I'll believe in grace and choice

And I know perhaps my heart is fast,

But I'll be borne without a mask