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Babylon Lyrics

Artist: Don McLean
Album: American Pie

Singing in 'rounds', first person sings once right through, then second person
starts when first person reaches second verse, third person when second reaches
second verse, and so on...

By the waters
The waters
Of Babylon.

We lay down and wept
And wept
For thee Zion.

We remember
Thee remember
Thee remember
Thee Zion

Comments/Interpretations

by Ms.Joyce Landicho "Tiaong,Quezon" on 5/12/2009 4:13am
The song by do mclean was an exquisite representation of vincents life...every word described the every bit of Vincent's struggles in life....Vincent's attempt of oppening to the world his whole heart to show his desires as seen in the scenes presented behind his paintings...it was very obvious in the song the disillusionment after his failure in letting the whole humanity recognizes the presence he signified. Don Mclean is emphatic of Vincent's fate, like the rest of other artists (and even poets). During their time, their pieces of work were not being appreciated and sometimes regarded as worthless. Nonetheless, their hardwork's value or importance is only realized when they're long gone. Of Vincent's more or less a thousand works of art, he only sold one of his paintings.