DOWN IN BABYLON

Everyone's asleep except me and the moon

Boreas sends down the wind from the north 

I close my eyes and the violet light dances

In this cold, cold world, I keep myself warm

If loneliness was just a fading shadow

And hope was just the rising of the sun

The willows weep along the rushing river

And the undertow flows down in Babylon

When it rains, the trees will give me shelter

And when it floods, the mountains give me ground

And when the earth gives out from underneath me 

I will find my footing in the storm

The raven's singing softly in the darkness

And now I know the meaning of her song 

Following these ancient sunken footsteps 

Of every soul who's crossed through Babylon

If worries are the iron chains that bind me

To this tragic kingdom someone dreamed to life 

I'll not fight the river when it takes me

And I will come out strong, the other side

I dreamt about my cold annihilation 

And then my dream came stumbling into life

The raven sat beside me in the darkness 

And in her eyes, I saw the violet light

I'm going where the rivers are overflowing 

Where shipwrecked souls are crashed against the rocks

For only through the rain have I seen beauty

And only through deep pain have I touched God

I'll let my candle burn away the darkness 

And in the flood, I'll search for higher ground 

With the moon, I'll stand upon the mountain 

And the river will flow out of Babylon.