Story Behind The Song
Parts of First and Second Peter and Revelation from the Bible come to pass. Babylon is a description and story of a place during modern and future times where the events leading up to the Biblical end of the world happen. The increase of storms both in nature and warfare, the senseless killings in the holy land and in the US. The cultural breakdowns in law and order, along with mysterious events of people disappearing and the images of a red or amber moon, hurricanes, lightning on the horizon, an evil cold wind all set the atmosphere of something about to happen and doom. Jesus rides in like a thief in the night and the world as we know it is over.
Song Description
Living in a world gone strange. The end times have come to pass. Mysterious signs and portends, spoken of in the Bible, point to the cataclysmic end of the world.
| Song Length |
4:47 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - Religious |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Disturbed, Anxious |
Subject |
Doom, Storms |
| Similar Artists |
Eric Clapton, The Doors |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Babylon - Steve Dube
Sitting in Babylon, waiting for a train, lightning horizons, the air smells like rain. Destination paradise, lets get out before the storm.
Its the end of the world we live in and it won't be long.
Moon shinin amber, tides running wild, hurrican approaching, be here in just a while. Living in a strange land, what was right now is wrong. And its the end of the world we live in and it won't be long.
A day is gonna come in history, handed down for thousands of years, there's two men working in a field, and one of thems gonna be taken far away here.
Icy cold in Babylon, winds of change ablow, terror in the holy land, hodies here to show. Dont you dare buy gasoline, at the corner store.
Its the end of the world we live in, won't be long.
A day is gonna come in history, prophesized for thousands of years, there's two women working in an office, and one will be instantly taken outa here.
A day is gonna come in history, handed down for thousands of years, people going bout there business, and some of thems gonna be taken outa here.
I watch for signs and wonders, stars falling from the skies. Jesus is coming, just like a thief in the night. Its the end of the world that we live in and it won't be long.
Its the end of the world that we live in and it won't be long. (3 times)