They tell me all your stories All the little worries you cry They tell me what the world needs What to say Who to please Where my loyalties should lie They tell me what you're building Far too many stories high Do the stories lie And tell me where will we be When it comes down from the sky Scattered far and wide In the rising tide What did it cost to get here The blood and tears Could drown us all The miles that were travelled The trials and the battles How many in all The love and the loss The rise and fall Every one for all The honor and the glory The lives of that story Never known at all All lie scattered Far and wide In the rising tide Because they are all of one language Nothing shall be withheld from them Confuse their tongue Scatter them throughout the Earth