Mark Heard - With Broken Wings lyrics

From New York City to Babylon Like the tooth and the claw There's the law of the missile and the gun When Eden fell we gained our shame And from that age to this There has been no significant change WITH BROKEN WINGS WE BEAT THE AIR AND AS WE PLUMMET WE PRETEND THAT WE DON'T CARE WITH BROKEN WINGS WE WALK THE EARTH AND WONDER HOW MUCH IS ALL OUR RECKLESSNESS WORTH From gla**y towers with gla**y eyes We indulge in the view while the scum of the city walk by We soothe our sorrows we drown our guilt With the icons and idols that hang on the walls we have built CHORUS And so we breathe until we die The acropolis crumbles While humbleness threatens to die The culture fiddles while it cries The accompaniments to such a sad, self-inflicted demise CHORUS