Five millenniums of history On our path of blood and bones Territorial and holy wars In the name of never seen gods Oh Gates of Babylon We opened out wide With greed and hate Cursed by our heritage All religions praise their judgement day But can't you see we made it dawn, eight centuries ago? And now it's much too late No way to face our grinning fate Oh Gates of Babylon We opened out wide With greed and hate Cursed by our heritage Oh dear, now it's too late Taste the knife rippin' up our back On a black and slow decay The chance we had, we wasted away Oh Gates of Babylon We opened out wide With greed and hate We all failed and now we'll pay! All religions praise their judgement day But can't you see we made it dawn, eight centuries ago? And now it's much too late No way to face our grinning fate
