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There's a picture of a wall across the TV screenThere are people milling 'round on either sideThey've been waiting for the border to come tumbling downSome for years and others all their livesThe guards receive their orders and the keys are turnedRusty gates swing slowly open wideAnd long forgotten dreams and aspirations are awokenAnd take to foot to reach the other sideIt's just a wall, but it's kept them in for all this timeJust a wall, but either side is prisonKeep them in or lock them out, it's very much the sameBut now the times have changed and changing has begunIt's just a wall and now the wall must come undoneThere's a fence between my next door neighbor's house and mineThere are two big dogs on leashes and in chainsThere are curtains pulled and doorways closed and secrets keptAnd iron bars on many window panesAnd these neighbors barely manage "how you doing'?And the boundaries of the houses are clearly drawnBut there's a thicker line that's carried in the air and no one sees itAnd there's little can be done until it's goneSongtexteIt's just a wall, but it's kept us in for all this timeJust a wall, a wall of isolationNow you see it, now you don't, it's very much the sameBut now the times have changed and changing has begunIt's just a wall and now the wall must come undoneThere's a picture of a wall inside the mirrorA reflection of the hostages insideThere's a child, there's a victim, there's a fool and there's a friendAnd the bars are reinforced with fear and prideBut the wall I built around this heart protected meIt was constructed out of innocence and painAnd now it's taking every ounce of strength I have to pull it downBut I'm determined that it won't be built againIt's just a wall, but it's kept me in for all this timeJust a wall, but its usefulness is endedChange the world or change the mind, it's very much the sameNothing changes 'til we're changing one by oneAnd when we do is when the walls will come undoneEvery battle will be wonEvery wall will come undone Aus Songtexte Mania