Babylon
M.T.L Lyrics
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Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
They might just run who down
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
Pull up in a wagon
With a flash on
To grab on
To gang on
Whoever had their eye on
From bygone to spy on
Harass and attack on
With baton to strangle the wrist
made aluminium steel
Pin them to ground make them kiss
The floor like it's worshipped
No fetish but they choke you still
Confiscate life claim resist
But the shit was a lie
The shit was a lie
Tactics manipulate the public
Not trusted corrupted
The shit is disgusting
They contradict justice claim
Depicted heroic but logically villainous
Some of them innocent
Others be prejudice menacing
Get the message
I said it
I said it
I said it
I said it
Uh
Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
They might just run who down
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
They might just run who down
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
Can't spell police without the word ice
When they tell you freeze
Hands up like your in the rave
Or Simon says they buss shots
To the chest or the head
Bullets hot effective
Address and arrest you
Say remain silent
Words used against you
Try get you birded by verdict
Judge and the jury
But the truth
They ruthless and bullies
They try get us triggered
Just for them to pull triggers
It's how they use and abuse us
It's how they use and abuse us
It's how they use and abuse us
Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
They might just run who down
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
Babylon
You can see it
In the blue lights
Babylon
They take your human rights
Babylon
They might just run who down
Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon
“By the Rivers of Babylon” is a song that speaks to the sense of displacement and longing for home that can come with being forced to leave one’s homeland. The lyrics reference the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people, which began in 586 BC when the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and sent many of its citizens into exile. The first verse sets the scene: the people are sitting by the rivers of Babylon, weeping as they remember their homeland of Zion (a synonym for Jerusalem).
The second verse describes how the captors demanded that the Jewish people sing a song, but they were unable to do so in this strange land. This raises the question of whether it is possible to maintain one’s faith and cultural identity in the face of adversity and forced displacement.
The chorus, which repeats throughout the song, asks that the words of the people’s mouths and the meditations of their hearts be acceptable in the sight of God. This is a plea for divine acceptance and guidance as they try to navigate life in a foreign land. Overall, “By the Rivers of Babylon” is a mournful, reflective song that speaks to the complex emotions that come with displacement and the struggle to maintain one’s identity and faith in the face of adversity and trauma.
Line by Line Meaning
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
We were brought to Babylon and forced to settle by the river.
Yeah we wept, when we remembered Zion
We cried when we thought of our homeland, Zion.
When the wicked
Referring to those who brought us to Babylon.
Carried us away in captivity
They took us away from our homeland as prisoners.
Required from us a song
They demanded that we sing for them.
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land
How can we sing to our God in a foreign place?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
May our words and thoughts be pleasing to God.
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Let us please God with what we say and think, even now in Babylon.
By the rivers of Babylon (dark tears of Babylon)
We sit by the river and cry for our lost home.
There we sat down (you got to sing a song)
In Babylon we must sing for our captors.
Yeah we wept, (sing a song of love)
Though we cry, we will sing a song about love.
When we remember Zion (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
When we think of our homeland, Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon (rough bits of Babylon)
We are in a difficult and foreign place.
There we sat down (you hear the people cry)
We settle by the river and hear the cries of our people.
Yeah we wept (they need their god)
We cry because our people need their God.
When we remember Zion (ooh, have the power)
When we think of our homeland, we feel the power and strength of our God.
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Aidan Lang
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how do the Babylon shirts fit? should i go a size down or true to size
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