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Song #72 - Memory of Babylon Written by David Newton (Wong) Completed on 20/5/2005 Length: 5min 5sec davidknewton_gmail.com --- The idea for this song came out of nowhere one evening - I wrote out the last half of the chorus and left it there, thinking it would be left as an experimental ten-second song. The lyrics felt like they needed a meaning to them, though, and I first thought of making the song an epic telling the story of the arrival and removal of the "shadow". I decided that this was a bit too typically power-metallish, though, so instead turned it in to a description of the city of Babylon and the way that its achievements have faded in to obscurity. I think that the guitar-led pattern that first appears near the beginning and keeps reappearing throughout is one of the catchiest things I've ever written. The song also has two very brief sections where I've experimented with an awkward 7/4 time signature. This is the first time that a title for a song has completely eluded me - usually I begin with a title and work from that, but in this case the lyrics were written first, then the song around them, then the title was thought up last. It was originally going to be "Shadowcaster", and I tried similar ideas like "Shadow Over Babylon" before settling on the current one. --- The splendour of our city, a wonder to the eye The tower of babel reaching up to the sky In the centre of it all, the hanging gardens stand Carved by the son of Naboplashar's hand We've come, we run, to find our sun The light that we once had From the mighty walls that border south We travel to the river's mouth The darkness has been cast across our land The wonder of our city never to be seen The darkness of the night replaced the golden dawn A shadow has been cast all over Babylon A tower rises to the sky, the symbol of our might All the empire comes together to this beacon in the night The end of understanding, confusion has begun The start of nations, birth of our tongue We've come, we run, to find our sun The light that we once had From the mighty walls that border south We travel to the river's mouth The darkness has been cast across our land We'll always be remembered, an evil of the world The darkness of the night replaced the golden dawn A shadow has been cast all over Babylon Babylon Babylon We'll find our star, Seleucia Away from all we had Together from the fall we shall all travel on Away from the dark shadow over Babylon The death of Alexander marked our city's end Our wonder torn by war and with our leader gone A shadow has been cast all over Babylon
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