Stones of Jerusalem

歌詞

Sultan Suleiman re-stacked the walls again Malik-al-Muattam had destroyed Before him was Saladin who captured Jerusalem From the crusaders who won it in war But before the crusaders, the stones had been made into Mosques that were made from old stones Those stones were Queen Helena's picked up from Hadrian Long after Herod was gone This building before you is not what I am This building is something I do I stand like a wave in a fast moving river I stand for the story that's moving through Building is a verb, even more than a noun Stacking us up, tearing us down Cut from the quarry's in sacred ground We are the stones of this town King David and Solomon give way to Babylon That falls to the Persians 'till the Greeks take control Then come the Maccabees who rule in Jerusalem 'Till general Pompey takes it for Rome. Herod and Pilate, and Titus and Hadrian Helena, Constantine, Persians and Byzantines Muslims, crusaders, Kurds under Saladin Then Mamluk sultans from Egypt come They rule here for centurys up to the Ottomans Whose empire remains until world war one This building before you is not what I am This building is something I do I stand like a wave in a fast moving river I stand for the story that's moving through Building is a verb, even more than a noun Stacking us up, tearing us down Cut from the quarry's in sacred ground We are the stones of this town