Peter Hammill
Modern
Jericho's strange, throbbing with life at its heartPeople are drawn together, simultaneously torn apartFoundations are shattered in the cityInside the barricaded doorsHiding behind their walls, lonely as night fallsMaybe the people are waiting for trumpetsBabylon's strange, seventh wonder of the earthGardens ablaze in colour, slowly rotting in the dirtAnd, with your head on fire, you can't really seeThe hanging gardens singBut with a hollow ringThe life is false, it's killing meDon't look back or you'll turn to stoneLook around before your life is overgrownWith concrete slabsOn your back the searching eyes that stabBetween chintz curtains, glintingBut never owning to a nameLike the inmates of asylumsAll the citizens are contagiously insaneAtlantis is strange, the explosion of an ageNo one really knows what to doAnd the city is a cageSongtexteIt traps in ashen hours and concrete towersImprisons in the social orderThe city's lost its wayMadness takes hold todayI can't live under water
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