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Behind Your Walls Lyrics
[Chorus 1]
Tell me, how do I read you when all I see is a stare?
How do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
When the water won't cut the flame
And the anger drives you insane
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Chorus 2]
Tell me, how do I reach you when all I see is a stare?
How do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
When the water won't cut the flame
And the anger drives you insane
Tell me, how doеs it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Refrain]
Walls of pain
Behind the walls, bеhind the walls of pain (Pain)
[Verse]
When you just can't take any more
And the last lights fade from the shore
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been thinking
Spend my time worrying
About the way you don't seem the same
Hoping, waiting
For back to how you were again
There's gotta be something I can say
Tell me, how do I read you when all I see is a stare?
How do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
When the water won't cut the flame
And the anger drives you insane
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Chorus 2]
Tell me, how do I reach you when all I see is a stare?
How do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
When the water won't cut the flame
And the anger drives you insane
Tell me, how doеs it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Refrain]
Walls of pain
Behind the walls, bеhind the walls of pain (Pain)
[Verse]
When you just can't take any more
And the last lights fade from the shore
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been thinking
Spend my time worrying
About the way you don't seem the same
Hoping, waiting
For back to how you were again
There's gotta be something I can say
[Refrain]
Behind the walls, behind the walls of pain (Pain)
[Bridge]
When the faces all look the same
And the angels cry out your name
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been thinking
Spend my time worrying
About the way you don't seem the same
Hoping, waiting
For back to how you were again
There's gotta be something I can say
[Chorus 3]
Tell me, how do I reach you when all I see is a stare?
And how do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
But I'm stepping out on the ledge
So before you go over the edge
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Post-Chorus]
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
Behind the walls, behind the walls of pain (Pain)
[Bridge]
When the faces all look the same
And the angels cry out your name
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been thinking
Spend my time worrying
About the way you don't seem the same
Hoping, waiting
For back to how you were again
There's gotta be something I can say
[Chorus 3]
Tell me, how do I reach you when all I see is a stare?
And how do you look for the signs when nothing is there?
So you think
But I'm stepping out on the ledge
So before you go over the edge
Tell me, how does it look from behind your walls of pain?
[Post-Chorus]
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
Behind your walls of pain
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What did The Offspring say about "Behind Your Walls"?
Genius Answer
We’ve lost some band guys over the last several years. I wish I could talk to them again, and say, ‘Dude, what was going through your mind? Help me to understand what you were going through that was so bad that you wanted to take that way out.’ I had a good friend whose son committed suicide. And then all of a sudden, I looked at the song like, ‘Oh my god, it feels like I’m writing it for my friend,’ even though he was already dead. When I was growing up, these dark topics were part of what drew me to a lot of the bands that I liked: Punks weren’t afraid to talk about depression. It helped.
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