Babel by Mumford & Sons
'Cause I know that time has numbered my days
And I’ll go along with everything you say
But I’ll ride home laughing, look at me now
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my (1)________ hear the call of my (2)____________ sons
And I know that choices colour all I’ve done
But I’ll (3)______________ 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 heart is fast
But I’ll be born (4)______________ 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 (6)________ into the cloud
So come down from your mountain
And stand where we’ve been
You (7)________ our breath is weak and our bodies thin
Press my (8)________ up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve (9)__________ I was weaker 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 them down!
'Cause I know my weakness know my voice
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my (10)__________ is fast
But I’ll be born without a mask
And I’ll go along with everything you say
But I’ll ride home laughing, look at me now
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my (1)________ hear the call of my (2)____________ sons
And I know that choices colour all I’ve done
But I’ll (3)______________ 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 heart is fast
But I’ll be born (4)______________ 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 (6)________ into the cloud
So come down from your mountain
And stand where we’ve been
You (7)________ our breath is weak and our bodies thin
Press my (8)________ up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve (9)__________ I was weaker 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 them down!
'Cause I know my weakness know my voice
And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my (10)__________ is fast
But I’ll be born without a mask
Answers:
(1) ears(2) unborn(3) explain(4) without(5) winds(6) slip(7) know(8) nose(9) known(10) heart