Highway out of Babylon

from Hymns of the Black Flag by Echo Park Orchestra

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3. The Highway Out of Babylon

After the Age of Rain
After the dark night's gone
After the maelstrom
After the neutron bomb
After the fireball
After The Fall
After the Iron Crown
After the concrete walls
Have crumbled to the ground

After the Age of Plague
After the crown of thorns
After The Deluge
After the desert storm
After the Third World War
After The Law
After the world went down
After the iron claws
Have scrabbled in the ground

There by the waters where we wept
Our bitter tears as reason slept
Now on an island far from grief
We cast aside all false belief

After the God of War
After the Empire's done
After the whirlwind
After Leviathan
After the iron door
Is called for no more
After the Father's frown
After the Golden Calf
Is melted down

credits

from Hymns of the Black Flag, released September 10, 2011
Caroline Gill: vocals
Steve Hogg: vocals
Rosa Maria Rodriguez: vocals
José Toral: acoustic guitar
Matthew Wood: accordion
Jane Collins: flute
David Pagett: clarinet, bass clarinet
Laura Tanner: French horn
Peter Ridsdale: vibes, xylophone, glockenspiel, guitar
Henry Shaftoe: vibes
Roshan Wijetunge: bass guitar
Sam Tomkins: epiques, caxixi, surdo, centrador, caxa
Myke Vince: chajcha, caxas

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