You can close your eyes and coldly walk away
You can look through a lens of monochromatic grey
You can live your life between lines so narrow
You get old but never grow
You can throw your stone to guard that fragile pride
You can split the world into a multitude of sides
But when reality comes crashing through your kingdom
What will you do and will you like what you've become
Why should we fight to raise the wall between each other
We can't afford to shut the door and run for cover
There's so much to live and love and learn from one another
And the world is full of vivid color
You can lock your soul inside a velvet cage
Soft and safe and starving, maddening with age
You can cut the cord and leave it all behind
Communing with the shadows in your mind
You can lash out at the heretics and fools
Wave your weapon and beat your book of rules
But when the words you missed in there come bleeding into life
Will your frail foundation survive
Why should we fight to raise the wall between each other
We can't afford to shut the door and run for cover
There's so much to live and love and learn from one another
And the world is full of vivid color