This shining city built of gold, a far cry from innocence
There's more than meets the eye round here look to the waters of the deep
A city of evil
There sat a seven-headed beast, ten horns raised from his heads
Symbolic woman sits on his throne, but hatred strips her and leaves her naked
The beast and the harlot

She's a dwelling place for demons
She's a cage for every unclean spirit, every filthy bird
And makes us drink the poisoned wine to fornicate with our kings
Fallen now is Babylon the Great

The city dressed in jewels and gold, fine linen, Myrrh and pearls
Her plagues will come all at once as her mourners watch her burn
Destroyed in an hour
Merchants and captains of the world, sailors, navigators too
Will weep and mourn this loss with her sins piled to the sky
The beast and the harlot

She's a dwelling place for demons
She's a cage for every unclean spirit, every filthy bird
And makes us drink the poisoned wine to fornicate with our kings
Fallen now is Babylon the Great

The day has come for all us sinners
If you're not a servant you'll be struck to the ground
Flee the burning, greedy city
Looking back on her to see there's nothin' around
I don't believe in fairy tales
And no one wants to go to Hell
You made the wrong decision
And it's easy to see
Now if you want to serve above or be a king below with us
You're welcome to the city where your future is set forever

She's a dwelling place for demons
She's a cage for every unclean spirit, every filthy bird
And makes us drink the poisoned wine to fornicate with our kings
Fallen now is Babylon the Great

She's a dwelling place for demons
She's a cage for every unclean spirit, every filthy bird
And makes us drink the poisoned wine to fornicate with our kings
Fallen now is Babylon the Great


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    For all of those OUT of the know... M. Shadows had to have surgery on his vocal chord due to the SEVERE damage that he had done to them over the years since the Hopeless comp. A7X first appeared on back in 2000. He is unable to lay down the screams that made Avenged Sevenfold the band it "once was"...

    I was at the San Diego CD release party, and he didn't bring it up... but its true... all the older jams... were sung, with clean vocals... my friends and I had to fill in the "blanks" :p

    Please don't hate A7X becos Shadows sacrificed his voice for our aural pleasure. Dig them like they deserve... Zacky, Gates, The Rev, and Johny... not to mention the GREAT M. Shadows are trying to do all they can to give us everything they have.

    Respect for Shadows! -Ace

    TheMaNamedAceon May 09, 2005   Link

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