I Could Build You A Tower
You just sit there in silence whilst the world cries out in vain.
On the television screens and the newspaper headlines we read today.
There's a war going on in the middle east and the fallout affects us all,
but nobody out there's prepared to talk.

There's a war going on on our own front door step with the Jews and Islam-aphoebes
because every time a bomb goes off we get religious probes.
There will always be extremists acting in their names of god.
But the gods they worship will never hear them call.

I could build you a tower,
I could set you apart
from all the wars and the violence
towards the pure of heart.
I could build you a tower
but they'll only burn it down.

There's an 8 year old boy in Lebanon
with a rifle in his hands,
his parents betray his innocence
as he's old enough to be a man,
as a teenage boy in Columbine fires automatic rounds
into the hordes of students as bodies hit the ground

The waters rise to enormous heights off the coast of north Korea,
with all the weapons testing
our worlds investing in nuclear fear,
I'm counting down the days until this earth destroys itself,

through our ignorance, gluteny and wealth.
I could build you a tower,
I could set you apart
from all the wars and the violence
towards the pure of heart.
I could build you a tower
but they'll only burn it down.

Stuck in reflections, it's getting late
Same hopes and fears we can all relate to
Some speak in riddles I speak in rhyme
Making decisions out of time

This tourniquet tries to restrict the flow
Of all the truths that you should know
My acid tongue and your sense of wit
Don't let society restrict

A quick verse for the underrated
Don't let the pressures get you down
Keep singing out, keep singing loud

A quick verse for the underrated
Don't let the pressures get you down
Keep singing out, keep singing loud

Stuck in reflections, it's getting late
Same hopes and fears we can all relate to
Some speak in riddles, you speak the truth
Even if it's not getting through

A quick verse for the underrated
Don't let the pressures get you down
Keep singing out, keep singing loud

A quick verse for the underrated
Don't let the pressures get you down
Keep singing out, keep singing loud

I'm wide, I'm wide awake at night
And my mind's preoccupied and the silence won't reside
Or resolve the feelings that exist because it's easy to dismiss
And it's harder to get heard.

And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet
And I wish that you were lost without me
And though the more I think about it the easier it seems
I'll just be fine so here's to moving forward

Were we made as corresponding shapes?
Our two pieces tessellate
Were we designed to fit as one?
And it's with patience that I wait,
as these romantic notions take my dignity and tact.

And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet
And I wish that you were lost without me
And though the more I think about it the easier it seems
I'll just be fine so here's to moving forward

And as the sun sets on this now
You'll be the one I thought about
And as the sun sets on this now
You'll be the one I thought about

And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet
And I wish that you were lost without me
And though the more I think about it the easier it seems
I'll just be fine so here's to moving forward