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Babel by Mumford & Sons

'Cause I know that (1)________ has numbered my days
And I’ll go along with everything you say

But I’ll ride home laughing, (2)________ at me now
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down

And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
And I know that choices (3)____________ all I’ve done

But I’ll explain it all to the watchman’s son
I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love

'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice
And I'll believe in grace and choice...

And I know perhaps my (4)__________ is fast
But I’ll be born without a mask....

Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
I stretch my arms into the sky

I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
But the walls of my town
They come crumbling down...

You ask where will we stand
In the (5)__________ that will howl
As all we see will slip into the cloud

So come (6)________ from your mountain
And stand where we’ve been
You know our breath is weak and our bodies thin

Press my nose up to the glass around your heart

I should’ve known I was (7)____________ from the start
You’ll build your walls
And I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down

Well I’m gonna tear, tear (8)________ down!
'Cause I know my weakness know my voice
And I'll believe in grace and choice

And I (9)________ perhaps my heart is fast
But I’ll be born without a mask

Answers:
(1) time(2) look(3) colour(4) heart(5) winds(6) down(7) weaker(8) them(9) know