A Tower Of Ashes-Theocracy

[ti:A Tower Of Ashes] [ar:Theocracy] [al:Mirror of Souls] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Tower Of Ashes - Theocracy [01:33.34]Behold the tower [01:34.32]Brick by brick we raise it [01:36.51]Upward to the sky [01:38.55]To reach the heights of heaven [01:40.56]And beyond [01:42.23] [01:43.74]With eyes of fire and burning pride [01:46.73]Our power cannot be denied [01:49.58]So god himself can look [01:51.64]At what we've done [01:53.37] [01:55.55]Questioning my own intent and motive [02:00.19] [02:01.08]Babel are you really all that far away [02:07.19]Sometimes I wonder what we'd do [02:10.32]If the applause had died [02:11.98]And we found ourselves performing [02:14.52]To an empty hall upon an empty stage [02:18.91] [02:19.55]The eyes of God or the eyes of man [02:25.10]No one can serve two masters [02:28.58]In opposing masterplans [02:30.46]But we go our way [02:33.28]And keep climbing higher and higher [02:37.62]But farther to fall [02:39.96]And we build all our strongholds [02:43.26]Behind all our walls [02:45.65]But we stand on the threshold [02:48.85]Of losing it all [02:55.55]All the glory we crave [02:58.50]All the towers we raise [03:01.22]All the pride we build up to the sky [03:06.89]When the vanity fades [03:09.83]The illusion gives way to a tower [03:14.31]Of ashes and lies [03:17.94] [03:18.82]Still we seek to build our towers [03:21.82]Higher and higher [03:24.38]Sometimes when we think [03:25.77]We're so high [03:27.02]The only way to go is down [03:30.20]When it is our pride that takes us [03:32.91]Higher and higher [03:35.62]We watch our towers crumble [03:37.81]And in helplessness we hit the ground [03:41.35]Higher and higher [03:43.94]But farther to fall [03:46.38]And we build all our strongholds [03:49.58]Behind all our walls [03:51.96]But we stand on the threshold [03:55.20]Of losing it all [04:01.90]All the glory we crave [04:04.91]All the towers we raise [04:07.57]All the pride we build up to the sky [04:13.23]When the vanity fades [04:16.15]The illusion gives way to a tower [04:20.64]Of ashes and [04:22.54]The tower [04:23.42]Of ashes and [04:24.88]The tower [04:26.37]Of ashes and lies