Lyrics for Walls as interpreted by all_is_vanity

Walls Lyrics
Are you listening?
we write a thousand pages
they're torn and on the floor
headlights hammer the windows
were locked behind these doors
and we are never leaving
this place is part of us
and all these scenes repeating
are cold to the touch

my hands seem to deceive me
when I'm nervous or when I'm healthy.
the scenery's all drawn.
they hang here from the walls dear,
painting pictures, bleeding colors,
blanket the windows.
sometimes it gets so hard to breathe.
your eyes can see right through me.
these fights with your arms left beside.
one thing and one more says goodnight.
you've got the map come get to me.
these knuckles break before they bleed.
tear out these veins that own my heart.
this skin that wears your lasting marks.
i've built these walls come get to me, come get to me.
is this your lesson, a slight discretion,
the lines that keep you, the lines that sweep you.
lock the doors from the inside.
your face is so contagious, it wears announcements,
it leaves me breathless, i won't forget this.
let the walls have their say.

there's no conversation
words without remorse
and this television drowns the only source
wake from these dreams of you in my arms
to the staircase where you hold my heart
this place, these walls, mean everything to me.


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coolemokid
04-04-2003

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This song is so amazing. The first time I heard it, I fell in love with it. The band is full of really nice guys who deserve nothing but the best. I couldn't make it to one of their shows and they wrote me a note saying that they missed having me there. They are awesome!

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torrential
04-10-2004

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I love the beginning of this song.

"Your face is so contagious, it wears announcements, it leaves me breathless, I won't forget this." <3this line

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PerfectWeapon
04-10-2004

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this was the first emery song i heard and it turned me into a fan. i had read earlier that day that the used didn't want to make another screamo record. i was so sad. than i d/l this song and wala. i got what i wanted.

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nicklav
04-10-2004

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who ever put in the lyrics forgot the best part of the song. The screaming in the beginning and those lyrics are amazing. This band is awesome

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Reasons_Left_Unsaid
04-13-2004

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^^ yeah i was looking for the beginning as well

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x_nicka_x
04-17-2004

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hmmm.. i thought the whole point of the site is figuring out what the song means. hint the name.

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AzWeThinkIam
04-19-2004

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yeah but its ok if you just wanna post comments. I mean, it does say: Add you *comments* and not add your *meaning*.

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Heedlicious
04-22-2004

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This song kicks soooo much ass...I love the whole cd....When they play this song live its so crazy in the pit..ahh I love it....the whole band is so nice too, we talked to them after the show at soundwaves last tuesday on 4-20 and they're soooo kick ass

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denmil24
05-04-2004

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thanks 4 no one posting the meaning to the song, even though i dont want to think hard now. The song is amazing though, esp. with the beginning of it.

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denmil24
05-04-2004

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Thanks dude, correct lyrics. Someone please post the meaning of the song, 4 i dont want to think hard right now.

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all_is_vanity
05-13-2004

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At the beginning of civilization, the most important thing to people living inside a city were the walls that surrounded the city. They were a symbol of the power and magesty of the individual cities, both protecting the city from attackers and define bounderies for the people inside.

I think this song is resonating that, though we no longer build huge walls around our cities, we still build figurative walls around our hearts, souls, or whatever you want to think of it as. These walls we build around ourselves are to protect us from the outside, as well as defining us as a person. "The lines that keep you, the lines that sweep you."

The tone of the songs seems to make one think that these walls, however cherished, are dangerous do us. They beg for someone to be able to tear down the walls and reach them in a deep way. "I've built these walls: come get to me."

What do you think?

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Heedlicious
05-28-2004

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On this one there aren't even the screaming part in the beginning

Are you listening?
We write a thousand pages
They're torn and on the floor
Headlights hammer the windows
We're locked behind these doors
And we are are never leaving
This place is part of us
And all these scenes repeating
Are cold to the touch

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Mitsuko
06-04-2004

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I think this song is about being trapped...or something.

*goes off to think*

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CBrownie
07-03-2004

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I think this song is more vain, more personal. The beginning maps out a crime scene where the criminals take defense inside a building as their opponents wait outside. The only form of communication between the two is via written letters. It's notable that writting letters is physically non-violent.
The crime scene is revealed as a metaphor in the second "stanza". The actual situation is one of the narrator and a significant other. The narrator takes harsh verbal abuse and the "walls" are a type of emotional defense that he has taken up. The point that stands is that the narrator didn't just build these walls to keep himself from the verbal abuse; the walls are like boudries that keep his relationship with this other person non-violent, such as the criminals are not physically violent in writing the letters. But it is also very important to know that these words are detramental and have much influence over the narrator. This is shown by the wripping of the pages and the breaking nuckles. So, the narrator is so effected by this influence that he hurts himself in fits of anger. As he "locks the doors from the inside" he locks himself in a place where he physically hurts himself..... To sum up that part: a guys "girlfriend" (or friend or whoever) yells at him (or hurts him in some non-violent way) and instead of reacting to his friend he gets angry and takes it out on himself. (It's kinda like when you get so mad that you punch walls or some other inanimate object.)
The last paragraph basically identifies the fact that there is hope and the narrator does feel very connected to this person that causes him pain. He dreams of the day when things will be better, but at the same time he respects his situation: "this place, these walls, mean everything to me."

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CBrownie
07-03-2004

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I think this song is more vain, more personal. The beginning maps out a crime scene where the criminals take defense inside a building as their opponents wait outside. The only form of communication between the two is via written letters. It's notable that writting letters is physically non-violent.
The crime scene is revealed as a metaphor in the second "stanza". The actual situation is one of the narrator and a significant other. The narrator takes harsh verbal abuse and the "walls" are a type of emotional defense that he has taken up. The point that stands is that the narrator didn't just build these walls to keep himself from the verbal abuse; the walls are like boudries that keep his relationship with this other person non-violent, such as the criminals are not physically violent in writing the letters. But it is also very important to know that these words are detramental and have much influence over the narrator. This is shown by the wripping of the pages and the breaking nuckles. So, the narrator is so effected by this influence that he hurts himself in fits of anger. As he "locks the doors from the inside" he locks himself in a place where he physically hurts himself..... To sum up that part: a guys "girlfriend" (or friend or whoever) yells at him (or hurts him in some non-violent way) and instead of reacting to his friend he gets angry and takes it out on himself. (It's kinda like when you get so mad that you punch walls or some other inanimate object.)
The last paragraph basically identifies the fact that there is hope and the narrator does feel very connected to this person that causes him pain. He dreams of the day when things will be better, but at the same time he respects his situation: "this place, these walls, mean everything to me."

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iappreciatebrandnew
09-19-2004

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i freaking get this song stuck in my head for hours and i don't mind it one bit. it's sooooo powerful and beautiful.

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punkrockchick217
09-20-2004

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i think he is talking about a place that holds so many memories that are cold to him now. memories of a past relationship. the relationship has affected him deeply and permanently. he wants it back, but leaves it up to the other person to come back if she wants him.

i think it is beautiful...powerful...

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saythiswilldie
09-29-2004

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''i've built these walls come get to me, come get to me.''

sounds like me . we as humans build walls we hope others will break through to .

i always did have an uncertainty of if ever im loved or not . if im worth loving or worth anything enough to love and give all that a person needs .

thats all personal stuff but this song is truely beautiful and honest .

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StellarSeven
10-02-2004

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i think this song is more like, about an emotional wall this guy has kinda set up around himself and he wants the girl to come get him? i dno just a thought

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bigpun7138
10-04-2004

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since emery is a christian band the meaning of ive built these walls come get to me come get to me he singing to God he built walls between him and God and he cant break them down through his own power so hes praying to God to come get him and free him from the walls of sin he built

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the-orange-i-choked
10-23-2004

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all i can say say is...good job Cbrownie....good job



listen to underoath.....

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SmallDarkJunkie
11-04-2004

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i love the screaming duet part..and agrees w/bigpun7138

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farewellregret
11-20-2004

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awesome job brownie trully in the spirit of "songmeanings". And yes you should listen to underoath. Also try "a thorn for every heart " "halifax" and "saosin" thats if you havent already. I look forward to reading more of your inturpretations.

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JMB
11-29-2004

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once again I think this is a love song. he keeps revisiting a place that used to mean something to himself and a lover; he is locked up there and can't forget it. and he relives it all the time (the paintings on the wall). and she knows the way ("you've got the map") and he's waiting for her to remember while he drowns in depression and loneliness. but it's not to be... "wake from these dreams of you in my arms to the staircase where you hold my heart" he's dreaming in vain..... unable and unwilling to forget.

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CBrownie
12-01-2004

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Thanx for the support. And I am starting to get into "underoath" (i found em on purevolume the other day). If there is any song imparticular, tell me, and I'll take a whack at it.

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