Chapter 9: Babylon
Her father’s decisions splinter the family, but through an alliance with her mother, Maeley finds strength.
Babylon
Out beyond the horizon
Our room with a view is dying
What was good and green
Taken by the machine
And we feed it with each thing we’re buying
On our way down
I’m here calling to you
Ride out
And meet the dark head on
They haven’t counted on the dawn
Now there’s no time to cry
But tears fill my eyes
When will the light arrive
In Babylon
The mob has an anger that’s rising
Too many people just barely surviving
And they just can’t see
Our trajectory
With the living and ending colliding
On our way down
I’m here calling to you ride out
Ride out with me
And meet the dark head on
They haven’t counted on the dawn
And there’s no time to cry
But tears fill my eyes
When will the light arrive in Babylon
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Something worth saving takes fighting
Not with a sword but by changing the writing
On the wall
Then we’ll be
On trajectory
With the hope that keeps living inside me
On our way down
I’m here calling to you
Ride out!
Ride out with me!
And meet the dark head on
They haven’t counted on the dawn
Now there’s no place to hide
And tears spill from my eyes
As the light arrives in Babylon
B..B..B..Babylon
B..B..B..Babylon
B..B..B..Babylon
B..B..B..Babylon
Come on Babylon
Stand Up Babylon
Rise up Babylon
Ride out to Babylon
Stand up Babylon
Resist Babylon
Rise up Babylon
Come on, Come on, Come on
Or we’re gone! We’re gone!
Credits
Lyrics and music by Emily Richards
Produced by Stephen Edwards, Emily Richards
Vocals, piano by Emily Richards
Drums by Stephen Ferrone
Guitars by Jason Brock
Bass by John Jones
Orchestral arrangement by Stephen Edwards, performed by the Moscow Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Podgoretsky
Background vocals by Emily Richards, Susan Joseph
Transcribed by Daniele Trucchio, Orchestrated by Charles Fernandez, Copyist Caryn Rasmussen
Vocals engineered by Emily Richards at Refuge Studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Piano engineered by Stephen Edwards at Birdfly Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA) and Spencer Guerra, John Jones at LAFX Studios (Studio City, CA)
Programming, percussion engineered by Stephen Edwards at Birdfly Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Orchestra engineered by Gennady Popin at Mosfilm Studio (Moscow, Russia)
Drums engineered by John Jones at Drumroll Studio (Encino, CA)
Bass engineered by John Jones at Orange Studio (Beverly Hills, CA)
Guitars engineered by Jason Brock at The WAV Studio (Ventura, CA)
Orchestral and drums composite editing engineered by Jeff Vaughn at Seven Palms Studio (Granada Hills, CA)
Guitars composite editing engineered by Emily Richards at Shambhala Studio (Kauai, HI)
Bass composite editing engineered by Stephen Edwards at Birdfly Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Mixed by Jeff Vaughn, Emily Richards, Stephen Edwards at Birdfly Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Mix balancing by John Jones, Emily Richards at Orange Studio (Beverly Hills, CA)
Mastered by Bernie Grundmann at Bernie Grundman Studios (Hollywood, CA)