[Verse 1] Oh bless these stones that scrape the sky, A million souls stacked high and dry. The wilderness is teeth and claw But here we’re safe beneath the law. We only starve in orderly lines, We thank the guards while we do our time. Better packed like rats in a barrel of piss, Than torn apart by what’s outside this bliss. [Chorus] Safe behind the walls, so proud, so tall, Where purity hunts us one and all. The gangs, the knives, the shadows near Thank heaven we’ve no beast to fear. Raise a cheer for the city’s might, Where you’re jailed for wrong, and stabbed for right. Safe, so safe, our noble halls Oh bless our lives behind the walls. [Verse 2] The priests proclaim: “No rot shall spread, So burn the heretic in his bed.” The baker’s wife who prayed too long? A cultist now, by mob and song. The prisons groan, the gallows creak, The warden smiles with missing teeth. But better hanged by righteous men Than chased by fae through shadowed fen. [Chorus] Safe behind the walls, so proud, so tall, Where purity hunts us one and all. The gangs, the knives, the shadows near Thank heaven we’ve no beast to fear. Raise a cheer for the city’s might, Where you’re jailed for wrong, and stabbed for right. Safe, so safe, our noble halls Oh bless our lives behind the walls. [Verse 3] The bread comes late, the bread comes black, The guards take half, we gnaw the crack. The cobbler’s son was snatched last week, The cult was hungry, faith runs bleak. But safer here, with coins and chains, Than out where monsters stalk the plains. And if your neighbor’s eyes look strange, Confess him quick or you’ll be hanged. [Chorus] Safe behind the walls, so proud, so tall, Where purity hunts us one and all. The gangs, the knives, the shadows near Thank heaven we’ve no beast to fear. Raise a cheer for the city’s might, Where you’re jailed for wrong, and stabbed for right. Safe, so safe, our noble halls Oh bless our lives behind the walls. [Outro] So curse the woods, the plains, the skies, Where titans feast and shadows rise. Here we’re safe, in crowded graves, Kept pure, kept chained, kept bound as slaves. Raise your glass, and sing along To safety’s sweet, eternal song.
