Barricades and Brickwalls - Kasey Chambers

Close my eyes Close my eyes And ask myself a question And ask myself a question Why is I do what I do Why is I do what I do Am I looking for some happy definition? Am I looking for some happy definition? Of Life, and love and the corners of the truth Life, and love and the corners of the truth Or am I just some curious bystander Or am I just some curious bystander Looking at the world through a child's eyes Looking at the world through a child's eyes Sunlight, always shining on my shoulders Sunlight, always shining on my shoulder While the storm rages on deep inside, deep inside While the storm rages on deep inside And it seems so hard And it seems so hard To keep it all together To keep it all together When the walls are fallin' down When the walls are fallin' down On every side On every side I'll be damned I'll be damned If I give up on it easy If I give up on you easy I've worked too hard I've worked too hard To get the barricades this high To put the barricades aside Now This world is a stage This world is a stage We're meant to play on We're meant to play on Direction from inside Direction from inside On what to do On what to do I know I should have all the answers I don't know how I could have all the answers Deep inside I haven't got a clue, not a clue When inside I don't have a clue And it seems so hard And it seems so hard To keep it all together To keep it all together When the walls are fallin' down When the walls are fallin' down On every side On every side I'll be damned I'll be damned If I give up on it easy If I give up on you easy I've worked too hard I've worked too hard To get the barricades this high To put the barricades aside Told myself that I would be ok Tell me something Told myself I'd be alright And I'll be okay No doubt Told myself I'd be alright Somewhere low I know No doubt That I've been lyin So when do I know I can't believe it took 30 years When I've been lyin'? To figure that shit out I can't believe it took 30 years To figure that shit out And it seems so hard To keep it all together And it seems so hard When the walls are fallin' down To keep it all together On every side When the walls are fallin' down I'll be damned On every side If I give up on it easy I'll be damned I've worked too hard If I give up on you easy To get the barricades this high I've worked too hard To put the barricades aside

(Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha) Excuse me, can we talk? (Can we talk?) No swearing, no insults (no insults) Look at all the mess we made To get to where the both of us say These big words, "I am sorry" 'Cause right now we got barricades, wall to wall We used to live and love, and now the barricades cover it all We used to be in love and I will not allow for us to go down in fire We're gonna tear down all these barricades before we fall And lose it all Excuse me for shaking (for shaking) I'm angry and breaking (and breaking) And I can see it in your face The fire we control is blazing These big words we're losing 'Cause right now we got barricades, wall to wall We used to live and love, and now the barricades cover it all, ah We used to be in love and I will not allow for us to go down in fire We're gonna tear down all these barricades before we fall And right now we got barricades (barricades) Wall to wall (wall to wall) We used to live and love and now the barricades (barricades) Cover it all (cover it all) We used to be in love and I will not allow for us to go down in fire We're gonna tear down all these barricades (barricades) Wall to wall (before we fall) Right now we got barricades, wall to wall (ah) We used to live and love, and now the barricades cover it all

You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize It's hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it Of the darkness inside you Makes you feel so small But I see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow Show me your smile then, Don't be unhappy, can't remember when, I last saw you laughing If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear You call me up Because you know I'll be there And I'll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show your, True colors True colors Are beautiful lke a rainbow If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear Just call me up Because you know I'll be there And I'll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show your, True colors True colors Are beautiful lke a rainbow

I threw a coin and it fell Down the wishing well And it sunk to the ground like a cannon ball (ground like a cannon ball) And you think I'm out of touch I call you too much Now words they just sound like a waterfall (sound like a waterfall) I, I'm falling behind My watch doesn't wind So I'm keeping time with an hourglass (time with an hourglass) And you think I'm immature And you seem unsure Why we're spitting on cars from the overpass (cars from the overpass) If you ever really find it harder Is it ever really hard to find? Said I love you like a broken record Hung around you like a satellite I like it when it rains in summer I like a hole in my shoe I like the smell of firecrackers And I like that I love you That I love you I, I told you with pride Where all the stars die Down on Hollywood boulevard (Hollywood boulevard) And you, you think it's absurd That I've never heard A single thing about Baudrillard (thing about Baudrillard) If you ever really find it harder Is it ever really hard to find? Said I love you like a broken record Hung around you like a satellite I like it when it rains in summer I like a hole in my shoe I like the smell of firecrackers And I like that I love you That I love you I love you I tripped over my words I lost all my nerve When I asked you to ride in my motorcar (ride in my motorcar) You, you kissed me just once But only because We fell in love on a monkey bar (on a monkey bar) If you ever really find it harder Is it ever really hard to find? Said I love you like a broken record Hung around you like a satellite I like it when it rains in summer I like a hole in my shoe I like the smell of firecrackers And I like that I love you If you ever really find it harder Is it ever really hard to find? Said I love you like a broken record Hung around you like a satellite I like it when it rains in summer I like a hole in my shoe I like the smell of firecrackers And I like that I love you That I love you I love you

Will you rise or will you fall? Will you walk or will you crawl? Will you dream in black and white When you're sleeping cold tonight? Will you bend or will you break? Will you give or will you take? Will no angel shine no light? And leave you sleeping cold tonight Way o Way, way o way, o way o why Way o Way, way o way, o way o why Will you stand or will you turn? Will you teach or will you learn? When your demons rise above You'll be sleeping cold my love Would you stay or would you leave? Would you fail or would you believe? Would you stand your ground and fight When I'm sleeping cold tonight? Would we know what's wrong or right If we're sleeping cold tonight? Way o Way, way o way, o way o why Way o Way, way o way, o way o why

I've given my words to you I'd do it again You know them by heart by now You have them within Oh, would you still offer your embrace If it's another place you'd find me in? If it's ours and ours to use How can we refuse a cease of fire? Between your heart and mine Well I'll surrender first tonight In your false withdrawal You'll have me rise, you'll have me fall I won't be worthy of this fight In your feigned retreat I'll follow blindly in defeat I've given my heart to you You know its ways Yes, in its chambers you have lived Though lately you have come to realize That for the bullets that you fire I'm the main supplier I'm the one The trigger for your gun Well I'll surrender first tonight In your false withdrawal You'll have me rise, you'll have me fall I won't be worthy of this fight In your feigned retreat I'll follow blindly in defeat My fear is dead I lost it in you I do hear you I do fear you I do need you