Story Behind the Song
I awoke from a dream and it literally held the first lines within its context...the rest flowed from that most lucid beginning.
Lyrics
Last night I dreamed of violence,
And I held a bitter throne.
I sought the face of anger,
To find it was my own.
Next morning soaked with fear,
To bite the barrel of a gun.
Should I pull the trigger,
Do I have the strength to run?
A thousand days of winter,
A lifetime you and I.
A thousand seasons more,
'Till this immortal son may die.
Behind the throne my power,
Where kings dance on their puppet strings.
History holds my name,
Within the pages of its shame.
I see peace no more,
No way to stop the coming war.
I've seen the rise and fall of Babylon.
Last night I knew the sorrow,
Of a century or more.
Each memory that follows,
Seems more desperate than before.
I thought time held the answers,
That I might find them at the end.
The questions in my life,
I'm forced to ask again.
I see peace no more.
No hope to turn the tides of war.
I've seen the rise and fall of babylon.
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