come let us make bricks
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and burn them hard,
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we'll build a city with a tower for the world
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and climb so we can reach
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anything we may propose,
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anything at all
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build me up, tear me down
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like a skyscraper,
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build me up, and tear down
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these joining walls
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so they can't climb at all
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so they can't climb at all
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yeah, I know why you tore it down that day,
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you thought, that if you got caught
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we'd all go away,
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like a spoiled little baby
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who can't come out and play,
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you had your revenge
|
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build me up, tear me down
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like a skyscraper,
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build me up, and tear down
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these joining walls
|
so they can't climb at all
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so they can't climb at all
|
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(instrumental)
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well madness reigned
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and paradise drowned
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when Babel's walls came a-crashing down
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now the echoes roar
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a story writ
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that was hardly understood
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and never any good
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so, build me up, tear me down
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like a skyscraper,
|
build me up, and tear down
|
these joining walls
|
so they can't climb at all
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so they can't climb at all
|
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Skyscraper
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| Streetlight Manifesto |
