I′ve tried to visualise the moment When you have finally left my house But though your body left long ago I find your spirit hangs around I talk to you to make you leave me But before the words have left my mouth A hundred whispers come from the walls And nothing I say makes it stop
Let me be Insanity Doesn′t flatter me Let me be I′m hearing things that you won′t believe
I can′t sleep when the walls keep saying your name I can′t sleep when the walls keep saying your name Go from me and let me slumber again I can′t sleep when the walls keep saying your name
I walk around with all the lights on When it is past the midnight hour Oh how can such a fleeting love affair Still behold me in its power
Let me be Insanity doesn′t flatter me Let me be I′m hearing things you won′t believe
Well it was ok for a while Your attention made me smile But now you′re driven wild and I can′t handle it Your passion is a curse And I seem to make things worse I′m gonna leave you girl, leave you girl
Let me be insanity doesn′t flatter me Let me be I′m hearing things you won′t believe Round my head incessantly possessing me Let me be Let me be
One hundred years ago isn′t long Would you be blamed for another′s wrong Generations claiming retribution While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution"
Who′s building the walls now? Who′s building the walls now? I never held you down I never put you down I never held you down Let′s be brothers
Ten billion people all unique You′ve only got one thing in common The color of your cheeks You put down your brothers who found a way to fit in It′s survival of the fittest But you say they′ve betrayed their own kin
Who′s building the walls now? Who′s building the walls now? I never held you down I never put you down I never held you down Let′s be brothers
I′ll never say you have no right But the only cure today is not to fight Hate will not stop hate, I know I′m right But when you trust a man today whose skin is white
Who′s putting the chains on now? Who′s putting the chains on now? I never held you down I never put you down I never held you down Let′s be brothers
No hostage has been held like I′ve Been holding mine but I′m just fine Since I′ve been without you No prisoner could climb the walls That I′ve built up in my mind Since I′ve been without you
But I′m holding down and out I′m desperate without you
Look at the shape I′m in Talking to the walls again Look at the state I′m in
Bent and broken is all I′ve been No universal truth this time No other universe but mine Could ever feel as unaligned Since I′ve been without you No instances from time to time Feel like things will turn out right Since I′ve been without you
No universal truth this time There′s no universe for you and I And there′s no one to make me realize
All these things you mean to me are you ever coming over Through everything and in between Im right there when you need a shoulder I watch you speak the ocean breathes I think of how we both were chosen Dont hold back its what you need We′ll find an answer to the problem
Chorus: I know something′s wrong I made you so mad I′ll break down the walls Just to bring you back -- The Walls
Pained black on the streets They come hidden from the shadows I can see your eyes to me Its got you burning cause you need more
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Ooh maybe youll find it again Ooh break the walls and begin Remember we started as friends
I am the key to the lock in your house that keeps your toys in the basement, and if you get too far inside you′ll only see my reflection. See her face when she sleeps tonight, I am the pick in the ice, do not cry out or hit the alarm, we are we′re friends till we die.
And either way you turn I′ll be there, open up your skull, I′ll be there climbing up the walls.
It′s always best when the light is off, it′s always better on the outside, in the crack of your wanting smile, fifteen blows to the skull.
So tuck the kids in safe tonight, and shut the eyes in the cupboard. do not cry out or hit the alarm, you′ll get the loneliest feeling
that either way you turn I′ll be there, open up your skull, I′ll be there climbing up the walls.