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Track 6: The Wall – The House That Trauma Built Lyrics
(Verse 1)
It started small, a brick of “I’m okay”
To tune out the noise and keep the world at bay
Each question you asked was a door to the past
So I learned how to build, and I learned to build fast
A fortress of silence, quiet and tall
Just a kid on his own, building a wall.
(Chorus)
(The music becomes a little fuller, more resolute)
And I’ll give you a shrug, I’ll give you a “i don’t know”
I’ll stare at the carpet and wait for you to go
I won’t play your game, I won’t say a word
The secret you’re looking for will not be heard
It’s safer back here, if I’m going to fall
I’ll do it alone, behind the wall.
(Verse 2)
You say “uncooperative,” you say I won’t play
So I just disappear for the rest of the day
I fade into nothing, a ghost in the chair
You can talk all you want, but I’m not really there
Because if your truth gets in, then my safety is gone
So the wall just gets higher from dusk until dawn.
(Chorus)
And I’ll give you a shrug, I’ll give you a “don’t know”
I’ll stare at the carpet and wait for you to go
I won’t play your game, I won’t say a word
The secret you’re looking for will not be heard
It’s safer back here, if I’m going to fall
I’ll do it alone, behind the wall.
(Bridge)
But if you could see through the stone and the cracks
You’d see a small kid who can never go back
The truth is a fire, a painful refrain
And I am the one who is trapped with the pain
I’m not trying to hide it from you… I’m just unable to explain.
(Outro)
Brick by brick…
Stone by stone…
It kept me safe…
But I was all alone…
Behind the wall.
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