WHO BUILT THE WALL

Written by David Poe. ©2016 Charming Martyr Music. All rights reserved. Video-only release, October, 2016.

CANNOT SEE

BUT YOU KNOW IT'S THERE

IT'S IN THE DIRT

IT'S ON THE AIR

AND THERE'S A MAN

ABOVE IT ALL

WHO BUILT THE WALL

 

STANDS BETWEEN

THE FIRST AND LAST OF US

'TWEEN THE FUTURE

AND THE PAST OF US

BETWEEN CASINOS

AND SHOPPING MALLS

WHO BUILT THE WALL

 

AND WHEN IT ALL COMES CAVING IN

BE WE JERICHO OR BERLIN

WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN

ONCE, WE WERE FRIENDS

 

BUT PITY THE MAN

WHO LOVES TO HATE

WHO CONS THE FEAFUL

AND FAKES HIS FAITH

WE MADE HIM A STAR 

JUST TO WATCH HIM FALL

WHO BUILT THE WALL

 

LONELY MAN

NEEDS HELP

HE HELD THE MIRROR

WE SAW OURSELVES

IT WASN'T PRETTY BUT

WE WERE IN THRALL

WHO BUILT THE WALL