There Will Be Surprises

I hear you calling the exceptions To your own arbitrary rules I see you celebrate deception But you've been fooled You think you're controlling all this chaos You think you're the master of your lies If you think your violence will pay off You're gonna be surprised Oh, there will be surprises You can bet that Babylon was pretty With gardens lining every gate What could sink this holy city But its own weight? So when every child from hidden corners Who now escapes your line of sight Inherits kingdoms with the mourners Don't be surprised Oh, there will be surprises There will be surprises Well, I've seen humans upward striving Trying to be more than flesh and blood Till their ambition leaves them writhing In the mud But I saw a human one ascending Riding clouds across the sky Overturning and upending, his wounds were glorified Oh, and there were surprises There will be surprises There will be There will be