Story Behind The Song
Parents discouraged creative and athletic pursuits because of the difficulty of success in favor of more traditional roles as evidenced by ansestors.
Song Description
Family, particularly mother squashes dreams of son because they don't conform to acceptable ideals of creating security.
| Song Length |
3:53 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Psychedelic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enraged, Disturbed |
Subject |
Conformity, Dysfunctional Family |
| Similar Artists |
Van Halen, Michael Jackson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
Picket fences, petrified lives
Just part of it all
A touch of the kitchen
A touch of the hall
And dry our hands on the wall
Young hearts just a body parts living spirit flatlined
True cost a muse lost as love is defined
On the wall written in the blood of kin
Lines drawn to stay within
Poet, pitcher, fantasies
To outgrow like childhood disease
Fall back for security
Don't do anything off the wall
Fertile vision bats leading blind
The heart of it all
A drop of the diamond a drop of the ball
And dry our hands on the wall
River of saline, river of lies rolling down mother's tongue
Carving lonely ravines where forgotten dreams echo songs never sung
It's on the wall written in the blood of kin
Lines drawn to stay within
Poet, pitcher fantasies
To outgrow like childhood disease
Fall back for security
Don't dream any thing off the wall
It's on the wall written in the blood of kin
Lines drawn to stay within
Poet, pitcher fantasies
To outgrow like childhood disease
Fall back for security
Don't dare dream at all
It's on the Wall