so what do you do for a living i dug holes and what do you put in there i bury hopes born in the shadow of babylon i speak in tongues but don t understand a word i know how to wield a sword but never learned how to plough i know how to build castles mountain high that are bound to fall i m not a coward but i hide behind the words i play my songs winds carry them home i know the science but science doesn t know me and every now and then i burn rome my children rule this world but they re raised to fail world owes you nothing promised you nothing and nothingness swallows it all don t curse don t run don t fight don t fear grow up before you grow old i really hoped that if i dig long enough i d find hell fire pain and death but it s just mud and some plastic bags born in the shadow of babylon i speak in tongues but don t understand a word i know how to wield a sword but never learned how to plough i know how to build castles mountain high that are bound to fall i m not a coward but i hide behind the words i play my songs winds carry them home i know the science but science doesn t know me and every now and then i burn rome my children rule this world but they re raised to fail world owes you nothing promised you nothing and nothingness swallows it all don t curse don t run don t fight don t fear grow up before you grow old