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 (1)________ home laughing, look at me now
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my ears hear the call of my (2)____________ sons
And I know that choices colour all I’ve done
But I’ll explain 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 without 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 (3)__________ that (4)________ howl
As all we see will (5)________ into the cloud
So come down (6)________ your mountain
And stand where we’ve been
You know our breath is weak and our bodies thin
Press my (7)________ up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve known I was weaker from the start
You’ll (8)__________ your walls
And I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down
Well I’m (9)__________ tear, tear them down!
'Cause I (10)________ 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 without a mask
And I’ll go along with everything you say
But I’ll (1)________ home laughing, look at me now
The walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my ears hear the call of my (2)____________ sons
And I know that choices colour all I’ve done
But I’ll explain 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 without 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 (3)__________ that (4)________ howl
As all we see will (5)________ into the cloud
So come down (6)________ your mountain
And stand where we’ve been
You know our breath is weak and our bodies thin
Press my (7)________ up to the glass around your heart
I should’ve known I was weaker from the start
You’ll (8)__________ your walls
And I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down
Well I’m (9)__________ tear, tear them down!
'Cause I (10)________ 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 without a mask
Answers:
(1) ride(2) unborn(3) winds(4) will(5) slip(6) from(7) nose(8) build(9) gonna(10) know