With all the grain of babylon   To cultivate to make us strong   And hidden here behind the walls   Are shoulders wide and timber on   'Til the war came   'Til the war came      A terrible autonomy   Is grafted onto you and me   A trust put in the government   Is all their lies are heaven sent   'Til the war came   'Til the war came      And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul   And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball   And they're picking out a rise by coal and candlelight   When the war came, the war came hard      We made our huts of avaram   We'd not betray the sole Ledum   The acres of hysterisy   To our own pangs of starvation   When the war came   When the war came      And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul   And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball   And they're picking out a rise by coal and candlelight   When the war came, the war came hard      With all the grain of Babylon