Your Side of the Wall

Empty bottles break the spell of midnight
Once a week since you moved in last April
We’ve never met but I know a bit about you and your life
Because I’ve lived on your side of the wall

You drink alone at home just like I used to
Until your demons join you in the spiral
I think I’ve heard you calling for a woman named Rita
Blacked out on your side of the wall

And I know it’s pointless trying to say
That there’s a teacher in the pain
Because wisdom's something you’ve got to earn
Sometimes the hard way

So, I put my hands on the wall between us
And said a word for both our tortured souls
Because sometimes I think I hear myself falling down
Over there on your side of the wall

I’ve had truth throw herself at me
But all I lusted was her sister’s soft easy body
And I’m wise enough but I’m just a man
And life’s glowing stove-tops sing like seductive sirens
And I’ll bet my dreary life
That’s what time is for

And I’ve been on your side
And ten thousand others
Walls are life’s tough love father

And I've been on your side
And ten thousand others
Walls are life's tough love father

And you’re only as alone as you think that you are
Over there on your side of the wall

Your side of the wall
Your side of the wall
 

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