Based on Genesis 11 - What Is This I Hear?

[Verse 1]

I came down through the silence,

Watched towers pierce the sky.

Hands raised not in worship,

But in defiance — reaching high.
.Their tongues spoke unity,

But hearts were full of pride.

One name they sought to lift
—
And it wasn't Mine.

[Pre-Chorus]

I gave them breath,

And now they build in stone.

They say they don’t need Me,

That they’ll make it on their own...

[Chorus]

What is this I hear?!

Voices rising in rebellion!

A city forged in arrogance,

A monument to men!

What is this I hear?!

Not praise but self-made glory!

I weep for what they've lost...

They never knew how far they'd fallen.

[Verse 2]

One speech, one dream, one brick upon the next,

But not a prayer was lifted — not a soul confessed.

They gather in their might,

But they're blind to what they build
—
Not a kingdom of heaven,

But a stairway to their guilt.

[Breakdown]

I made them for wonder,

I shaped them from dust...

Now they cast Me aside

For towers that will rust.


Their unity is rebellion,

Their progress is decay!

I won’t watch them fall together
—
I will turn them all away!

[Final Chorus]

What is this I hear?!

A thousand tongues now clashing!

Brick and speech undone
—
I scattered what they fashioned.

What is this I hear?!

Confusion where there was pride!

They will search for meaning
—
But not find it side by side.

[Outro]

Still I long for them...

To return, to remember...

But not on towers of Babel.

Not with hearts of stone.

What is this I hear...?
A remnant through the noise...
One lineage still calls My name
While the rest forget My voice.
Though scattered to the corners,
Still one thread runs clear:
A people set apart...
My promise drawing near.