News from Babel

Odysseus listens bound between Death and Death to the soft emissions of his mortal breath. 专辑:Sirens and Silences/Work Resumed on the Tower 歌手:News from Babel 歌曲:Odysseus

Black at the centre Fifty Million Suns Its mass Where matter masses and Infalls: its Shock Repels the Outer gas, its appetite Astonishes and Appals. 专辑:Letters Home 歌手:News from Babel 歌曲:Heart of Stone (Megalopolis)

I waited, at the gate I waited, for a Word, I waited, to be judged – or to be heard – I only aged, Unloved – I found Despair – Who all my days Stood at the gate and Waited others There. 专辑:Letters Home 歌手:News from Babel 歌曲:Banknote

The hearts of stone were here Where waters wash The ones who spoke and Would not hear, the ones Who built the walls; These miles were theirs, These ranks of Air- Now only blooms recall The glory and the pity of Their fall. 专辑:Letters Home 歌手:News fro

I fell in the moss I grasped the grass I bit the earth I pressed myself against The Earth. I held it tightly. Nothing stirred I waited. The air moved, slightly, The grass moved The leaves moved in the trees A thousand insects moved – I moved and The

Shadows slip between the houses in the early afternoon Silent shadows in the sunlight slight as rumour Strong as the Sun. In empty streets and over ancient fields Victory marches on its secret feet For here, we are in Shadow – where the Light meets M

My veins ran thick with petrol My rulers bled me I fell as I was felled before – when I was wood and knew no Evil Pipes and Wells ran like a Wen, steel mosquitos tore my skin Black Gold My own no more I mangled men I spat their gore Black Gold Crushe