• Once it was safe to be exposed
    Feelings did not remain enclosed
    You could give someone your heart
    Without it being torn apart

    But things changed; now I know
    While love can set your heart aglow
    It can cut you deep, make you fall
    And so I built this cold, hard wall

    Build up the wall, block out the pain
    Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
    Bricks and mortar, blood and sweat
    Never forgive, never forget

    Nothing can pierce this wall of stone
    Soon they’ll know to leave me alone
    Others come, say they bring aid
    I see right through their masquerade

    But one person still remains; how strange!
    Saying they want to help me change
    The wall nothing could get through
    The fine-spun words seem to subdue

    Build up the wall, block out the pain
    Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
    Bricks and mortar, blood and sweat
    Never forgive, never forget

    They stand outside, unrelenting
    Firm and kind, not repenting
    Their good wishes seem sincere
    Their honesty and meaning clear

    Now we struggle to open the gate
    But, alas! It seems too late
    The wall has served its purpose, true
    It was stronger than we knew

    Build up the wall, block out the pain
    Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
    Bricks and mortar, blood and sweat
    Never forgive, never forget

    Now as I try to breach the wall
    We see that it shall never fall
    The single thing I failed to see
    Was that not even I could flee

    I try to express the love I feel
    How new it is, how great, how real
    But this wall still holds fast and strong
    My words are lost, they sound all wrong

    Build up the wall, block out the pain
    Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
    Sorrow and tears, hurt and regret
    Never forgive, never forget.