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Goodbye Babylon Lyrics
Well I came to see
And what I found was not alright with me
Desperation, suffocation
And it'd been the same thing all along
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Now I know times are changin'
And the people need rearrangin'
So now it's written here in song
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye
Now our boys, they're fallin'
Our leaders are all appallin'
And you can bet, by God, good will is gone
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
And what I found was not alright with me
Desperation, suffocation
And it'd been the same thing all along
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
And the people need rearrangin'
So now it's written here in song
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye
Our leaders are all appallin'
And you can bet, by God, good will is gone
Goodbye, Babylon
Goodbye, Babylon
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Submitted by
acidmaniac On Feb 23, 2008
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"Their desperation, *suffocation, and it'd been the same thing all along"
This song is about the war in Iraq. In 2003, U.S base "Camp Alpha" was built on top of ancient Babylonian ruins.
@bigchuck33 interesting
@bigchuck33 interesting
It's " Now our boys, they're fallin', and our leaders are all appallin'"
Seems like a political protest song to me
@retroredhead I think that’s not untrue
@retroredhead I think that’s not untrue
The song is genius. I had not thought of a connection to Iraq war, but maybe that’s the loose case if it is the case. Songs referencing Babylon in Psalms, reggae music, Bob Marley and many gospel songs, refer to the spell people fall under when they cease to follow God. Babylon can be called a pseudonym for the kingdom of satan. The Bible says since sin in the garden of eden the realm we occupy was tainted and satan has dominion and influence over many things in the world. Babylon was an ancient city that sought heights of achievement through vanity and wicked acts spiting the God of creation. Babylonians were oppressors , marauders and were sometimes used by God as a ‘karma’ or disciplinary character when his own people were out of line and needed to be humbled and do right. The song has at the very least duel meaning which makes it both genius and subtly gospel and spiritual. It speaks truth that the kingdom of satan while alluring, is a path to hurt and demise