Bumy Goldson's Wall – The Wall's Secret lyrics

[Low]
Standing in the front is a man who stands alone
His lips are never moving but his eyes never stop
He's looking for an answer hidden in the wall
Just beyond his grasp, the wall retains its lock

I asked him what he's doing there
I asked him what's his aim
I asked him for an answer
I asked him to explain

[Mid]
Closing his eyes and drawing his breath
He says there was a time that he used to know rest
He says he was like me, just searching for the truth
He says he went to find it and to return with some proof
But now he says the answer is hidden in the wall
He asks of me to find it and to tell him what's its call
He tells me that the question that I think I have to ask
Is going to propel me down a road I'll have to grasp
He tells me there's an answer to the question that I fail
But I must bear the outcome of whatever it entails

[High]
Wall! Tell me your secrets!
What can you tell me that I don't already know?
Wall! Give me an answer!
To find my way tell me which way to go

[Bridge]
"If you really want to know
Then all you have to do is go
Listen well to what I have to say

Follow the path before you
And signs pointing true
And you will find the answer some day"

[Down]
I opened the door to find the way
I ventured outside into the day
I followed the road to just begin
I decided this riddle I would win

[Closing]
I saw a mountain standing there
I saw a river cry
I saw a city dancing
And I saw a wall sigh

[Low]
Sitting in the parlor is a man who tells a story
While outside the window a delivery is made
The man backs up the load and puts away the lorry
Just as the story's last word is laid

I felt the pieces put in place
Like they were teaching me
Just then, a light lit up the space
As my thoughts made them be

[Mid]
Closing my eyes and listening to the sound
I heard a wind whisper that I had a clue found
I opened up my eyes and I saw the bridge across
I sensed this was the meaning of the answer I had lost
I crossed into the tunnel that appeared around me
And I heard the voices past as they began to speak
The pictures on the wall began to really explain
Just what I was doing there and why I must remain
I turned around just then as I realized the trap
The wall just turned around and it began to laugh
The sounds fade away as I become the wall
I try to tell my secret but they cannot hear my call

[High]
Wall! Take back your secrets!
Why didn't you tell me what I didn't know?
Wall! Take back your answers!
I don't want them anymore

[Bridge]
"If you really want to go
And forget what you now know
Then close your eyes and wake up from this dream

The answers that you heard
Remember every word
And you'll look back as though this only seemed"

[Down]
I opened my eyes and I looked around
It seems to be that the way I have found
I followed the road that called to me
And the dream has become just a memory

[Closing]
I heard a mountain lower its head
I heard a river lie down to bed
I heard a city close its eyes
And I heard a wall realize

Wall, wall, wake up