They came from the east
They came from the east
They brought horses to our cultivated lands
They gave power to the have-nots
They took our culture
They took our culture
They brought new customs to our burial grounds
Broadened the bases of our history
They came from the east
They came from the east
Byzantium
The city of moths
Crumbled into a dust
That plunged Europe
Europe in dark
Constantinople
A metropolis of candles
Brought light to our books
As Europe forgot
Forgot how to read
They came from the east
They came from the east
Replaced our despots with their caliphates
Conquered but tolerated our gods
They brought us wisdom
They brought us wisdom
They brought a zero to our tired calculations
They guarded knowledge we'd forgotten
They came from the east
They came from the east
Byzantium
The city of moths
Crumbled into a dust
That plunged Europe
Europe in dark
Constantinople
A metropolis of candles
Brought light to our books
As Europe forgot
Forgot how to read
Let's make this stage our Rubicon
Let's cast a die
Let's let history decide
And as I cross it
I chase Aeneas back to his ships
I bring the rhythm back to the hips
And as Rome is consumed
As I fiddle this whisper tune
On these strings, friends
I have no need of your ears
I always heard better in the dark
Let's make this stage our Rubicon
Our frozen Rhine
Our yippie picket line
And I Caesar Hoffman!
And as I cross it
I bring the Central Asian steppe
Sweeping into the wilds of Europe
I make my bedroom Rome
I make this city my home
I am Remus come from the dead
Come to tell you all to sack this city tonight
Let's sack it tonight
I always heard better in the dark
I always heard better in the dark
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
Thus immersed in
Barbarous longing
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