"A Wall Around Your Heart"
Words & Music by James Nihan and Wood Newton
Walls throughout our cities
Walls inside our homes
They shelter and protect us
Sometimes kept us all alone
Walls of rocks and cinder blocks
Razor wire and steel
There's some we see and some we don't
And some we only feel
(Chorus)
If everyone's afraid of losing
How can anybody win?
Are we keeping something out
Or keeping something in?
If you think a wall's worth building
Think again before you start
And be careful you don't build
A wall around your heart
We build walls on our borders
Walls make the prison cells
One side can feel like heaven
And one a living hell
Let's be like Jesus at the well
No more throwing stones
We'd have less broken promises
Broken hearts and broken bones
(Repeat Chorus)
(Bridge)
Are we so misguided
that we just can't see at all?
If we stay divided, well,
the writing's on the wall
(Tag)
If you think a wall's worth building
Think again before you start
And be careful you don't build
A wall around your heart
Just be careful you don't build
A wall around your heart
Published by Composure Music (ASCAP) and Rope A Note Music (BMI)
Copyright 2020