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Jamie Green: Music

This Wall

A song about the walls we build up to protect ourselves when the one we are in relationship with takes for granted the open-heartedness we feel at first.

Will I ever catch you staring at me when I’m not looking? And will I ever hear you compliment me without asking? Cuz I’m holding out for signs Of love in full play And we haven’t got much time Cuz the wall is well underway You say it’s becasue you wait a while to let someone in Whereas I let welcome them in, instantaneously trusting And I’m doing what I can to reach you today But with every withheld hand This wall is well underway Maybe we’ll meet in the middle At the closest we can be But it will never be the closeness that I crave When your opening meets my closing It will be too late You say, you’re more tender in my presence than with the others How did they ever stand it, you know I really have to wonder And I’m holding out for signs of love in full play But we haven’t got much time ‘Cuz my wall is well underway (repeat bridge) So I do not linger quite as long now when we’re kissing Nor do I lift a finger, can you feel how much you’re missing? ‘Cuz I waited for the signs of love on its way But you took your precious time And now this wall is near completion