Something missing Left behind Search in circles Every time I try I′ve been here before I′ve seen you before I can′t escape winding down these halls Hard to find a place where there are no walls And no lines begging me to cross Only straight ahead better move along Like Clockwork I commit the crime I pretend to be everything they like I′ve been here before I′ve seen you before And I trade everything for this And I trade everything for this Why do I read the writing on the wall Why do I read the writing on the wall I won′t lose my place in line I′ve been here too long and I′ve spent too much time I won′t lose my place in line I′ve been here too long and I′ve spent too much time
Heading out in cold frustrations On yet another route To chase your destination Always ready to persue Forced into the corner You spill your fluids to the floor As another filthy needle Has pierced through once more
It hurt me hard And I fell low It hurt me hard Pulled me below
Save me the last drop on the scale It is my time to sentence To judge the guilty the ones that failed
It hurt me hard And I fell low It hurt me hard Pulled me below But they were many to pull Until my lungs were full
Heading out in cold frustrations On yet another route To chase your destination Always ready to persue In tears you spray the closing walls With wrists open wide In contrary to what you think You cannot ever hide
Tears fall as you spray the walls
The walls are closing further in on me Why can′t these demons let me be I feel so cold I feel so sick
These four walls They whisper to me They know a secret I knew they would not keep Didn′t take long for the room to fill with trust And these four walls came down around us
It must have been something that send me out of my head With the words so radical And not what I meant Now I wait for a break in the silence ′cause it′s all that you left Just me and these four walls again
It′s hard now to let you be I won′t make excuses I′ve made my peace Didn′t take long for me to lose the trust ′Cause these four walls were not strong enough ooooh It must have been something that send me out of my head With the words so radical And not what I meant Now I wait for a break in the silence ′cause it′s all that you left Just me and these four walls again
Yeah, it′s difficult Watching us fade Knowing it′s all my fault My mistake Yeah, it′s difficult Letting you down Knowing it′s all my fault You′re not around
It must have been something that send me out of my head With the words so radical And not what I meant Now I wait for a break in the silence ′cause it′s all that you left Just me and these four walls again Yeah Ooh These four walls again
Silently watching gaze Across the blackened plains Two eyes like burning embers Awaits the moment for the north star to blaze
Sythanagon winged Angel rides death′s wind To cloudless sky And sound a summon call of war burn does the skyline
Soundless wings lacerate the night Angels of death emerge across the sky Thorned heads spiky limbs climbs the air up high Attack of the pearly gates Now wait for the sign...
Seen now is His star Ablaze now risen in Thesign of the one with A number not a name Now given is the sign
The golden walls of heaven
Sound is given now of charge A voice of war does cry The cry does sound the signal the walls are stormed fly
Swords are drawn in soundless flight Above the walls of gold The winged angels of death descends A thousand from above heaven is in its last throes of death
Sacred shrine of life and death Apharamon′s gold key raping of holy interior And all concealed masturbated upon is throne of gold
Scattered battered wings Along the palaces and streets Trophy of victory Attached to spear of the Beast Now spitted at is the scalp of God
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
(Let′s burn a hole so we can climb out Of these paper walls in this empty house Don′t listen too close, their words are like guns With bullets that fly, and kill what you′ve won)
Let′s burn a hole so we can climb out Of these paper walls in this empty house Where the only thing that′s real Is visions we have of ten years ago Of stars in the sky and us down below With streets and East Coast lines We kept this scene alive
Here I am I still hold onto this Dream we had I won′t let ago of it Hear me now you will never be alone
Don′t listen too close their words are like guns With bullets that fly and kill what you′ve won Some love to hate and some tell you lies So let′s make a toast and kiss them goodbye We′ll kiss them all goodbye
Here I am I still hold onto this Dream we had I won′t let ago of it Hear me now you will never be alone
Here I stand won′t turn back again Won′t leave you know how hard it′s been Hear me now you will never be alone Yeah
Let′s take what hurts and write it all down On these paper walls in this empty house And when our ink runs out We′ll burn into the ground
Here I am Still hold onto this Dream we had Won′t let go of it Hear me now You will never be alone
Here I stand won′t turn back again Won′t leave you know how hard it′s been Hear me now you will never be alone Yeah
[Christina Aguilera] everyone thinks that i have it all but it′s so empty living behind these castle walls these castle walls if i should tumble if i should fall would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls there′s no-one here at all, behind these castle walls
[t.i.] observing the estate through the gate from the outside looking in bet you would think i got it made, better look again i got a Butler, got a maid, and a mansion the belief is that I′m living out a millionaires fantasy with phantoms and Ferrari′s in the driveway but you see the pain and the change of the same man′s sanity, your vision jaded by the Grammy′s on the mantelpiece just switch your camera lenses you would see the agony apparently it′s damaging the man you see before you on the canvas he may seem alright but all the disadvantages his family encounters overshadows his extravagance walk in my nines awhile i dare you, i scare you while it really seem like the kings life seem glamorous as seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs because the camera′s don′t see beyond the walls of the smiles only counts until it falls in the pile
[Christina Aguilera] everyone thinks that i have it all but it′s so empty living behind these castle walls these castle walls if i should tumble if i should fall would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls there′s no-one here at all, behind these castle walls
[t.i.] honestly to me, i think I′d lose every benefit of all that I′ve accomplished if my kids never win at sh-t me knowing this, why should the verses i have laid be more important to me than the persons i have raised i guess i′m saying that to say that opportunity but they just don′t equate to all the time they take away from the kids all the sh-t i did right is a mistake if deyjah end up a stripper and major out there slinging yay how could i ever consider myself a great if messiah ain′t paid and nique nique ain′t straight would your favourite song about the whips, money and sh-t be relevant if you found out, the money wasn′t real, nope so me being the goat shouldn′t mean more to me than see it to a king though from a bad ass kid to man with some dough otherwise i may well have stayed poor so while they stay focused on me beefin with flip, shawty low, gucci or ludacris or if i′m f-cking with a hoe did i snitch when i got arrested or will i die over nonsense internally I′m dealing with this conflict so excuse me if i don′t get the chance to kiss the hand or slap me in the face, ay i,m just the man if they saying i ain′t the best at making hit records it′s cause this my life these ain′t just rapping sh-t, you think of that deep, did ya dawg see you can′t see the castle through the walls till it falls bitch ain′t thinking with the deep, did ya dog cause see you can′t see the castle through the walls till it falls
[Christina Aguilera] everyone thinks that i have it all but it′s so empty living behind these castle walls these castle walls if i should tumble if i should fall would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls there′s no-one here at all, behind these castle walls
[Christina Aguilera] nobody knows i′m all alone living in this castle made of stone they say that money is freedom but i feel trapped inside it all and while i sit so high up on a throne i wonder how i can feel this low on top of the world it′s beautiful but there′s no place to fall
[t.i.] for the record ay, i could give a damn if i never sell sh-t again my career was meant for me to come and tell it honest interpretation of how affected i′m faced with matters most rappers used to keep locked away in the basement the day that i walk i ain′t saying that i′m amazing down playing the way i keep fellas from catching cases won′t take into consideration how much it mean what i′m saying and when i say what i mean even when i′m sorrounded by the fakers from one of the greatest centers, blessed with most of god′s graces who made his way amongst the greatest from the grimiest places so next time you rating royalty, i′m always being given to recordings than the level of your loyalty, obvious you′ve been ignoring me who else ya seen make it through the storm, unharmed this charming while all the critics was looking for prince charming disregarded the king of the south raised doubt even though he made a castle out of used to be a house he did sh-t that all your favorites rappers only rap about but most of y′all don′t see the castle through the walls and the smiles till it falls in piles so while...
[Christina Aguilera] everyone thinks that i have it all but it′s so empty living behind these castle walls these castle walls if i should tumble if i should fall would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls there′s no-one here at all, behind these castle walls
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
Are you listening? we write a thousand pages, they′re torn and on the floor headlights hammer the windows, we′re locked behind these doors and we are never leaving, this place is part of us and all these scenes repeating are cold to the touch
my hands seem to deceive me when I′m nervous or when I′m healthy. the scenery′s all drawn.
they hang here from the walls dear, painting pictures, bleeding colors, blanket the windows.
sometimes it gets so hard to breathe. your eyes see right through me.
these fights with your arms left beside. one thing and one more says goodnight. you′ve got the map come get to me. these knuckles break before they bleed.
tear out these veins that own my heart. this skin that wears your lasting marks. i′ve built these walls come get to me, come get to me.
is this your lesson, a slight discretion, the lines that keep you, the lines that sweep you. lock the doors from the inside.
your face is so contagious, it wears announcements, it leaves me breathless, i won′t forget this. I won′t forget.
sometimes it gets so hard to breathe. your eyes see right through me.
let the walls have their say. let the walls have their say. let the walls have their say. Have their say.
there′s no conversation, words without remorse and this television drowns the only source wake from these dreams of you in my arms to the staircase where you hold my heart this place, these walls mean everything to me.
Your empty walls... Your empty walls... Pretentious attention Dismissive aprehension Don′t waste your time, on coffins today When we decline, from the confines of our mind Don′t waste your time, on coffins today
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls
Those empty walls When we decline, from the confines of our mind Don′t waste your time, on coffins today
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls Want you to be Left behind those empty walls I told you To see From behind those empty walls
From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls The walls From behind those empty walls
I loved you, yes Though they be For you killed my family
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
Don′t you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication
I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls Want you to be, left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls Those walls... Those walls...
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
-chorus-
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.
I can′t believe what is in front of me The water′s rising up to my knees And i can′t figure out How the hell i wound up here Everything seemed okay when i started out the other day Then the rain came pouring down And now im drowning in my fears And as i watch the setting sun I wonder if im the only one
[Chorus] Cause everybody tries to put some love on the line And everybody feels a broken heart sometimes And even when i′m scared i have to try to fly Sometimes i fall But ive seen it done before I got to step outside these walls
I′ve got no master plan to help me out Or make me stand up for All the things i really want You had me to afraid to ask And as i look ahead of me Cry and pray for sanity
[chorus]
These walls can′t be my haven These walls can′t keep me safe here Now i guess i got to let them down
Cause everybody tries to put some love on the line And everybody feels a broken heart sometimes, yeah Even when i′m scared i have to try to fly Sometimes i fall But i′ve seen it done before
I got to break out... I got to break out... I got to step outside these walls Love outside these walls I feel my heart breaking But its a brand new day Im going down Im stepping out Im stepping outside These walls (I′ve seen it done before.. i′m walking on, i′ll walk it off, oh i′m moving on)