A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires.
Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone on the ground, or as part of a larger structure or device such as a fortified building or as an integral part of a bridge, the term also denoting a raised structure on a ship or other vehicle.
Towers have been used by mankind since prehistoric times. The oldest known may be the circular stone tower in walls of Neolithic Jericho (8000 BC). Some of the earliest towers were ziggurats, which existed in Sumerian architecture since the 4th millennium BC. The most famous ziggurats include the Sumerian Ziggurat of Ur, built the 3rd millennium BC, and the Etemenanki, one of the most famous examples of Babylonian architecture. The latter was built in Babylon during the 2nd millennium BC and was considered the tallest tower of the ancient world.
Some of the earliest surviving examples are the broch structures in northern Scotland, which are conical towerhouses. These and other examples from Phoenician and Roman cultures emphasised the use of a tower in fortification and sentinel roles. For example, watchtower elements are found at Mogador from the first millennium BC, derived from Phoenician or Carthaginian origins. The Romans utilised octagonal towers as elements of Diocletian's Palace in Croatia, which monument dates to approximately 300 AD, while the Servian Walls (4th century BC) and the Aurelian Walls (3rd century AD) featured square ones. The Chinese used towers as integrated elements of the Great Wall of China in 210 BC during the Qin Dynasty. Towers were also an important element of castles.
I'm dizzy walkin outta larry's army wear used
With some black leather shoes and desert BDU's
Many boxes of ammo, i got the camo face paint
Barricaded the tower doors, safe this place ain't
Up to the top, i can see the whole planet it would seem
The sun is beatin on my head as i'm livin my horror dream
Up-chucked a couple times then i finally took aim
A man is chattin on his cell phone, i spattered his brain
A lovely couple started runnin, all the sudden she tripped
He kept right the fuck without her, like he never missed a step
I snapped one to his head, he fell dead to his knees
Then his wife was right there to retrieve the car keys
Not many notice at first, although some do start to scatter
Pluggin iron in they back, who they are it doesn't matter
There's a psychopathic, way up in the tower somewhere
And when they think they outta range [gunshot] poof they hair
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
I shot the lady in the ass and the kid on the grass
And the daddy on the swing through the lens in his glasses
First cop on the scene will be commended for his services
For now he holds his throat and scream "i didn't deserve this"
The tower too high, i'm bringin shot from above
Cuz my head's a battle royale of serpents, snails, and bugs
I'm quadarpolar, though my snipers scope i see the enemy
The world ain't never been my friend and never pretended to be
I fought in two wars, my country left me poor and sick
Leg missin, agent orange and an un-useable dick
So as i reload, my trigger finger's frozen cold
From squeezing so hard my reason is no control
Warped soul, look at that, pap-pap-krack
Three frat college boys flat, dead on they back
And they lady tryin to hide behind the dead fat guy
Just got one plucked in her eye
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
I'm finally at war again, only i ain't takin orders
200 yards below, i'm taggin targets, small as quarters
Marksman, sniper, military precision
Spotlight on the tower, tryna nullify my vision
My eyeballs keep rollin in the back of my head
Practicing for any minute when i'm actually dead
They put the tape up, these people think they outta my view
But still, i'm steady pluggin sleepin pills off into them too
I see in strobe light vision and i'm way beyond a panic
My only skill is murder and i'm stuck on automatic
Sweatin profusely, bleedin outta my ears
Their shots are missing by fragments, bullets shavin my hairs
And yet my aim is remarkable, i'm peggin these duck
One by one, jumpin out of those SWAT team trucks
I see the major activity, i'm caughing a chao
Mad... my life went out with a flash
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
And it was hot that day, so fuckin hot
It shouldn't get that hot, humid and hot
Beatin down on us, so fuckin hot
Too fuckin hot that day, just too fuckin hot
How can it get that hot, how can it be that hot?
Too hot, too hot, too hot, it was just too fuckin hot
Wind is raw, the air is stale
On this cold winter's night
Sent alone to tell a tale
From the land of Delmite
Journey starts at the edge of town
With the stars as my guide
There's no one here but my empty thoughts
And the sword by my side
Chorus:
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Sun is leaving the darkened clouds,
As it slips past the hills
Slow moon climbs way up in the sky,
Keeps the heavens so still
Come this far, though I know not why
Said the things I've been told
Greedy village that has sent me here
For its own pot of gold
Chorus:
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Everywhere the wind did sail,
The castle lies just ahead
Blade is drawn, still I carry on
On my brow a cold sweat.
As I look there upon the hill,
There it stands so tall
Said that stone structured wall of gold,
Will heed the voice of us all.
Chorus:
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Just a light, from a tower
Burning on from dusk to dawn
Just a light, from a tower
Stands the victor and his gold,
High on the tower
I freak on heights
With a tear in every corner of my eyes
Desert storm is over now
Nothing to fear
With the sailor near...
High on the tower
I have seen second sights
To discover my saviour nearby
For the sun won't burn my head
As I walk around my tower
For the wind would blow the lashes of my eyes instead
Here we come
Here we try
Here we settle down for ages
For the man who comes
To save our all guts
But the leppars lay ahead
Winning team by lengthless shoulders
Search the morning ground
Reach for the life bread
As I search for corners
Tired of the wide
I've been hissing at the angels
Who grab viciously at my eyes
Suzy sits upon her window
With her flaming thoughts and greedy thighs
The sailor wore a mark in the right eye
Here we come
Here we try
Here we've settled down for ages
For the man to come to save our all guts
See the level rises ahead
Sailor sits upon its shoulder
Soon enough he'll reach out
For the life braid
(i've grown for ages)
Dear sailor climb the braid
My hair will not break
It will just ache a little while
But it will not break
Dear sailor saviour climb the stairs
My heart will not break
There is an ocean
I have been holding in my hands
There is an ocean
I have been holding back for years
Where I was standing
Now I am rocking to and fro
Will you still love me
After you see this tower come down?
We used to play at
Light as a feather stiff as a board
We used to play at
Listening in to the darker world
Oh how strangely
Applicable those games seem now
Will you still know me
After you see this tower come down?
Girl i've forgotten
How to be brave could you show me how?
Girl I'd forgotten,
Where did you go? I'm lonely now...
That's when it struck me
And I rang out just like a bell
She'll be there laughing
In the place where the tower fell
Bricks and mortar
Raining down on the little ones heads
Bricks and mortar
Raining down on the little ones little ones
You will awaken
Your sensuality
You will awaken
It's an eventuality
Here comes an ocean
I've been holding in my hands
Here comes and ocean
I want to be your Saturday, your sunrise, in an empty space,
Keep you to your lazy ways, dream late.
A love affair, an end too soon, swept away, and left unused,
I want to see, if you're amused,
Or alive
Walkin' round the tower of love,
Stuck on the ground,
I can't climb up,
Seems like every time I look up
Rains comin' down
Storms clouds above
I want to sleep beside you now, and leave behind the world without,
Deep inside and there's none to count or untie,
I want to be the one you break, and take you to the higher place
Just believe and I can make you fly
Walkin' round the tower of love,
Stuck on the ground,
I can't climb up,
Seems like every time I look up
Rains comin down
Storms clouds above
What is done can keep you down, and only love can turn around,
And yesterday won't make a sound, as you climb.
Neverending times, I wait for a cleansing rain
The sun is burning on my head - in myself
Endless days, I`m dreaming of a calming water
I`ll be drowned in the blessed aquavine
Flight on a summer day
A taste of eternity
The smell of fortune cleans my mind
A dream was born in a night
No tears without hope
A dream of an endless life
Empty feelings they`re digging in my mind
From the tower I feel the deep
Alone on the top, now I see
I`ll be down to my fear
She has met the stranger inside
Looking in the mirror
She saw the face behind
And how can she forgen
When it's staring in her face
She can't remember where it went wrong
Staring in the mirror
It's the face on the wall
Screaming for these questions
But she already knew it all
The silence marks the time
What's happening?
Don't know
And walked away
And walked away
A silence for the storm
I lost your face in the crowd
I thought that's what you wanted
But the fear keeps me screaming
She apologised for her abuse
She believes her body is only for use
Locked up in a tower
Broken glass inside
She's pressing her lips on the wall
She screams out
But no one wants to hear
But no one wants to hear
She's a stranger to herself
Grown pieces of slandered youth
Told to wonder but never worry about the truth
The earth feels so raw in these little hands
Could it be that they're the ones who understand
So take a big leap forward
And take that old step back
Cause we are on the edge of something
Something bigger than we expect
I am not alone in this tower
Keeping us in good time
Maybe if only for an hour
Just to keep us satisfied
And it feels like I'm the only one
The moon moves in the only direction
The only one we know
As it runs against us
It fills the void in us all
So lift your arms up for the mistaken
Throw in the way of the call
Carry fruit into the garden
Bring the seed into us all
And it feels like I'm the only one
I am not alone in this tower
Keeping us in good time
Maybe if only for an hour
Just to keep us satisfied
You're high upon the tower
Now don't look down
I will be okay here on the ground
And you can always call
To say hello from time to time
When you're no longer mine
I will be drunk on cheap beer
Like everyone else around here
You've got the world at your feet
There's nothing out there for me
You don't have to lie
Saying that you'll try
To make it work from a distance
Just leave me here to die
As I watch you climb
Up to the top of your ambitions
You're high upon the tower
Now don't look down
I will be okay here on the ground
And you can always call
To say hello from time to time
When you're no longer mine
Here in a pale shaded light
Under the trailer park lights
There'll be nothing left for you to see
You won't even recognize me
You don't have to lie
Saying that you'll try
To make it work from a distance
Just leave me here to die
As I watch you climb
Up to the top of your ambitions
You're high upon the tower
Now don't look down
I will be okay here on the ground
And you can always call
To say hello from time to time
When you're no longer mine
You're high upon the tower
Now don't look down
I will be okay here on the ground
And you can always call
To say hello from time to time
In this tower, the highest sea
There are no words, there are no dreams
There is no life, there is no day
And time is the eternal game
In this tower on the hill
On this side, lying on a still
Then cries out, "Love Has No Name"
So she just floats through it again
In this tower, an endless sky
From heaven shines an ancient light
An old world we ever made, oh
Comes as though it fades away
In this tower, in my way, ha, ha, ha, ha
I'm the fire, I'm the light
Between the glory and the pain
You follow the world from your tower It's the place where You hold the keys to your secrets You feel safe there
Straight into the light Will you overcome Descending from the clouds And fade into the crowd? Will you find your way This time around?
Just like the lonelist flower On the meadow You always keep the distance To the others
Straight into the light Will you overcome Descending from the clouds And fade into the crowd? Will you find your way This time around?
Straight into the light Will you overcome Descending from the clouds And fade into the crowd? Will you find your way This time around?
I will be glad and rejoice in God, For he's a refuge for the poor. And he maintains my lot, My confidence assured. I will sing praise to his name most high, For he has heard the humble cry. And he lifts up head, My confidence assured.
Jesus, Jesus Your name is like a tower I run in, I run into it again, And again I feel your strength within. Your love is like a banner over me. Over me I hear you sing And your song will set the captive free.
I will be glad and rejoice in God, For he's a refuge for the poor. And he maintains my lot, My confidence assured. I will sing praise to his name most high, For he has heard the humble cry. And he lifts up head, My confidence assured. My hope is in the Lord!
Jesus, Jesus Your name is like a tower I run in, I run into it again, And again I feel your strength within. Your love is like a banner over me. Over me I hear you sing And your song will set the captive free. (repeat)
You are the rock on which I stand. You are the tower I run in. You are the melody that all the earth will sing, That all the world may know the power of your hand.
It's you and only you Lord. You're the rock on which I stand, And I run into you again and again.
I want to be your Saturday, your sunrise,
in an empty space
Keep you to your lazy ways, dream late
A love affair, an end too soon, swept away,
and left unused
I want to see, if you're amused
Or alive
Walkin' 'round the tower of love
Stuck on the ground
I can't climb up
Seems like every time I look up
Rain's comin' down
Storm clouds above
I want to sleep beside you now,
and leave behind the world without
Deep inside and there's none to count
or untie
I want to be the one you break, and take you
to the higher place
Just believe and I can make you fly
Walkin' 'round the tower of love
stuck on the ground
I can't climb up
Seems like every time I look up
Rain's comin' down
Storm clouds above
What is done can keep you down, and only love
can turn around