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Babylon Lyrics
So rest your head-
You're all mine.
And I stay awake,
I won't go home.
Let's go on a holiday.
To burn this town
She's my Babylon.
So rest your heart
You're all mine.
Because if you walk away,
I fall on down.
And bleed, red as blood-
Red as wine.
She's my Babylon.
No I don't want to
See you go.
No I don't want to
Be alone.
So rest your hand
You're all mine.
I can't stay awake,
My eyes fall down.
Said I dreamed a dream
That you walk this town.
She's my Babylon.
No I don't want to
See you go.
No I don't want to
Be alone
No I don't want to
Be alone.
No I don't want to
Be alone.
You're all mine.
And I stay awake,
I won't go home.
Let's go on a holiday.
To burn this town
She's my Babylon.
You're all mine.
Because if you walk away,
I fall on down.
And bleed, red as blood-
Red as wine.
She's my Babylon.
See you go.
No I don't want to
Be alone.
You're all mine.
I can't stay awake,
My eyes fall down.
Said I dreamed a dream
That you walk this town.
She's my Babylon.
See you go.
No I don't want to
Be alone
No I don't want to
Be alone.
No I don't want to
Be alone.
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the song is so selfish . she's ur babylon , all the impracticable illusions that cant give up . but u still want someone else be with u to heal u though u dont love the one by all ur heart . all u care about is urself .
In the penultimate line in the fourth verse, I believe it's "That you wore a crown".
In the Book of Revelation, the city of Babylon seems to be the symbol of every kind of evil....it was also a city of great luxury
she's my babylon...my downfall?
Mmm, I think that it's, "And bleed, red as blood-red as wine." and also, ""Said I dreamed a dream you wore a crown." That's just what I hear, and in the music video, I believe at the part where it says "Said I dreamed a dream you wore a crown", it shows the little cartoon girl being crowned.
love the guitar in this! so pretty
I feel like this is a bit more complicated than her just screwing him over and marrying someone else. In the series of dreams before her last, him saving her always involved him dying/getting hurt by some strangely tragic accident. In her last dream, he falls into a thorn bush (ha), and that's when she decides to marry someone else. Perhaps, she thought that, by being with him, he would only get hurt, and that's why she left...? I don't know, but that's my interpretation.
Beautifull song but what does Babylon exactly mean? I understand Baylon is an ancient city in Mesopotamia and played an important role in the Bible as the symbol of all evil, as well as for the Rastafari's, but does anyone have any more insight? The sound of the word Babylon somehow wakes in me a feeling of hope, of longing for something else, something better...what does it mean to you guys?
I hear this song as a lullabye in the writers assurance of his devotion to the subject in the midst of temptation and possible downfall. This is one of my favourite songs on the album.