A spark will soon ignite, burning flame of jah light
A fire that will purify, and wipe away the city's lies
Reducing fortunes into ash, tear apart your useless mask
Nowhere left for you to hide, damned for your foolish pride

Chant down Babylon

Revelations time is now
Your world will crumble to the ground
Final judgment now has come, this is a Armageddon

A eulogy, for the modern man
Enslaved and devoured by the strength of his demands
A eulogy, for the modern man
Hide your head and cower or be struck down where you stand

To advance in truth and rights, to advance in love and light
The path of righteousness is leading, the songs of I and I are pleading
In the grace of Mt. Zion, with the strength of a lion
All barriers shall be broken, all heart alight and open

Chant down Babylon

Revelations time is now
Your world will crumble to the ground
Final judgment now has come, this is a Armageddon

A eulogy, for the modern man
Enslaved and devoured by the strength of his demands
A eulogy, for the modern man
Hide your head and cower or be struck down where you stand

A fire burns in Babylon

A fire burns in Babylon

Your world will burn


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    the solo in this song kicks my ass.

    hermanator05on November 10, 2004   Link
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    Yea this song is ridiculous, specially with prelude to disaster played right before it. Makes it so much cooler. Anyway, This song is about Iraq, and probably the war. Babylon was a biblical refrence to the country we now call Iraq, and much of the dark armeggedon imagery in this song seems to be a reaction against the war there.

    DingleberryElectronon January 04, 2005   Link
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    Armageddon. Definily, definily armagedon. Definily

    SwiftImmortal_1on February 08, 2005   Link
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    definily defininly you emos know nothing about shadows fall

    drummer form hellon March 15, 2005   Link
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    Why the fuck does everyone keep accusing me of being an emo!? I fuckin' hate emo music!!! I'll bet I know more about SF than a guy who can't even spell "from"!!

    SwiftImmortal_1on April 14, 2005   Link
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    Why the fuck does everyone keep accusing me of being an emo!? I fuckin' hate emo music!!! I'll bet I know more about SF than a guy who can't even spell "from"!!

    SwiftImmortal_1on April 14, 2005   Link
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    i think he was reffering to the second guy, DingleberryElectron, its just about armageddon, seeing as this was wrote well before the war on iraq

    lacerateon May 11, 2005   Link
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    Hey SwiftImmortal_1you're a fucking Emo cunt you listen to Emo shit so go fucking cry about how you can't get your hair to do that shit flippy thing

    SlyShpon December 23, 2005   Link
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    Fuck you man

    SwiftImmortal_1on January 13, 2006   Link
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    Babylon is not Iraq. It's North America, and the fire that will "wipe away the cities’ lies" is the "burning flame of Jah" (Jesus).

    Promethon January 20, 2006   Link

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