They stayed sometime, thought they'd never go Bound us to the land and bled us 'till we're bone-dry The undertaker never stalled at all They know now - they know now A change in their final idyllic show People we had loved beginning to be soulless The undertaker wouldn't halt at all They know now - they know now Chains on gates into Babylon Fear salvation leads to hell People that stand in different corners They know now - they know now Heightened stations that our chieftains never saw Based emotions added They know now - they know now Chains on gates into Babylon Take your vengeance out on hell People that stand in different corners They know now - they know now All the time whilst it was safe to measure Clearly wasn't our choice then to stay If I'd known better, I'd have stopped to get away Storm clouds The unstable skies of winter From the scorching haze in August To the blazing silent splinter of a moment's madness From the borders of town, meadows enclosed, And the second it started, I lost hope In emotion aroused from the mother of faith But I'd rather be something that's real Covered leather 'n bound, and the children were saved That's how it started, all the blame: With the lessons and time that were taken each day But I don't understand it, even now Keep us for the moment, out of sight Keep us from the moment Keep us in the moment Light of day leading us Nothing we have broken dies away Cheated, stalled Armageddon Evasive - evasive Beaten, fallen down Get them down beneath us - beneath us Open gates into Babylon Elated - elated Order might be before too long Embracing - embracing