Babel-Mumford & Sons

[ti:Babel] [ar:Mumford & Sons] [al:Babel (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:11.54]Cuz I know that time has numbered my days [00:14.52]And I'll go along with everything you say [00:18.33] [00:23.20]But I'll ride home laughing [00:25.13]Look at me now [00:26.19]The walls of my town [00:27.31]They come crumbling down [00:29.51] [00:34.88]And my ears hear the call [00:36.44]Of my unborn sons [00:38.01]And I know their choices color all I've done [00:42.04] [00:46.60]But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son [00:49.59]I never lived a year better spent in love [00:52.59] [00:58.83]Cuz I know my weakness know my voice [01:02.13]So now believe in grace and choice [01:04.69] [01:08.00]And I know perhaps my heart is farce [01:11.56]But I'll be born without a mask [01:16.30] [01:17.11]Woo [01:17.88] [01:23.49]Like the city that nurtured [01:25.31]My greed and my pride [01:26.50]I stretch my arms into the sky [01:29.94] [01:35.12]I cry Babel Babel Look at me now [01:38.35]Then the walls of my town [01:39.73]They come crumbling down [01:42.92] [01:46.84]You ask where will [01:47.91]We stand in the winds that will howl [01:49.91]As all we see will slip into the cloud [01:53.64] [01:58.39]So come down from your mountain [01:59.95]And stand where we've been [02:01.19]You know our breath [02:02.95]Is weak and our body thin [02:05.82] [02:11.50]Press my nose up [02:13.67]To the glass around your heart [02:16.18] [02:18.11]I should've known [02:20.05]I was weaker from the start [02:22.67] [02:24.47]You'll build your walls [02:26.16]And I will play my bloody part [02:28.60] [02:29.91]To tear tear them down [02:34.02] [02:34.96]Well I'm gonna tear tear them down [02:41.24]Cuz I know my weakness know my voice [02:44.43]But I believe in grace and choice [02:47.11] [02:50.29]And I know perhaps my heart is farce [02:53.47]But I'll be born without a mask