On The Wall

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

Lyrics Duff Watrous Music Duff Watrous
Producer Diane Lindsay Publisher Duff Watrous
Performance Duff Watrous Label Duff Watrous

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