ASHES OF BABYLON - by Lucid Hertz

[Intro – eerie synths + low guitar build]
Can you feel it crack beneath your feet?
Every wall you built was made of grief.
Ashes fall like the lies they spoke,
Babylon breaks when the spirit awoke.

Born in a cage with a crown of smoke,
Fed on illusions ‘til the system broke.
Told me who to be, what to feel, what to say,
But the mask I wore kept peeling away.
Every headline screamed like a ghost on fire,
Every promise cut like a barbed-wire choir.
But the voice inside said, “Burn it down—
The empire falls when the truth is found.”

Ashes of Babylon, I won’t bow,
Every chain they made breaks here, now.
No more silence, no more throne,
I claim the fire — I claim my own.

Babylon’s not a city, it’s a state of mind,
A program running that they call “mankind.”
Fear on repeat, pain on demand,
They built the world on a sleight of hand.
But I cracked the screen and I saw the frame,
Every shadow tied to a hidden name.
I’m done being silent, I’m done being prey,
Babylon dies when we walk away.

[Hook – repeated bigger, layered harmonies]
Ashes of Babylon, I won’t bow,
Every chain they made breaks here, now.
No more silence, no more throne,
I claim the fire — I claim my own.

It burns in me, it breaks the chains,
The ashes fall, but the soul remains.

[Whispered] Tear it down, tear it down…

[Screamed] BABYLON DIES WHEN THE PEOPLE DROWN!

[Breakdown – heavy guitars, chant]
Burn it down!
[Burn it down!]
Break away!
[Break away!]
Rise again!
[Rise again!]
Ashes fall but the truth will stay.

You can take my body, you can take my name,
But the fire inside you can’t contain.
Every wound I wear is a vow I keep,
Every scar I hold is a seed I reap.
Your kingdom fades, but the soul resists,
Ashes of Babylon don’t exist.
From the ruins comes a voice unchained,
A song of fire that can’t be tamed.

[Final Hook – full-band explosion, choir backing]
Ashes of Babylon, I won’t bow,
Every chain they made breaks here, now.
No more silence, no more throne,
I claim the fire — I claim my own.

[Outro – fading distortion + whispered chant]
Ashes fall… but I still remain.
Ashes fall… but I break the chains.