Ten Foot Wall

When they put up the ten foot wall
Who'd have imagined
That anyone here would come to call it "My old friend"
Most my friends have put most of their lives up against it
Cursing it down
Screaming it down
Dreaming its end

Please forgive me everybody
Another angel falls
Sometimes I miss it
Sometimes I miss the ten foot wall

There's a sense of security in a barbed wire blanket
Everyone warm and snug in their hatred of the God-damned wall

Please forgive me everybody
Another angel falls
Sometimes I miss it
Sometimes I miss the ten foot wall

We were the heroes
Heroes
Standing on the ten foot wall
Looking for freedom
Freedom
But the only one I found
Was the freedom to discover the biggest walls are here
Inside me

Used to be I could say
"See how it holds me"
"See how it keeps me away from the wonders that I could be"
Used to be easier
Easier to fight such a monster
Easier to fight than the monsters I hear and fear inside of me

Please forgive me everybody
Another angel falls
But sometimes I miss it
Sometimes I miss the ten foot wall

So many friends
Brothers and Sisters in the struggle
But the struggle is history
Jack next door's in his brand new car
While I'm looking for the butt of an old cigar
In an ashtray
Made from a piece of the wall