Performed and Written by Mike Johnson (U.S. Navy and Vietnam Veteran)
Copyright 1993 Pata del Lobo Music / Roughshod Records
LYRICS
I'VE KNOWN SOME NAMES AND FACES. FROM PLACES LONG AGO. ALMOST LONG FORGOTTEN. UNTIL I SAW THE WALL.
STANDING OH SO SOLEMNLY. INTENDING NO DISPAIR. DRAWING OUT A PART OF ME. THAT I FORGOT WAS THERE.
I MOVED ALONG ITS MARBLE FACE. MY EYES INSIDE THE NAMES. SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE I KNEW. FEELING IN MY VEINS.
HEARING VOICES CALL MY NAME. SEE FACES STARE AT ME. COMRADES ROUND MY LONELY SELF. IN DARK ETERNITY.
CHORUS: THE WALL IS NOT MY ENEMY. THE WALL IS NOT MY FRIEND. IT'S ONLY A REMINDER OF. WHAT IS, AND COULD HAVE BEEN. THE LIFE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. IS NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED. AND CAUSES WE TAKE ARMS FOR. ARE NOT ALWAYS WELL RECEIVED.
I DID NOT WANT TO GO THERE. BUT THEN AGAIN I DID. I HAD TO LET MY BROTHERS KNOW. THE DEMONS DID NOT WIN.
THEY TOLD ME I'M FORGIVEN. SHOULD I NOT COME AGAIN. WE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER. I DON'T HAVE TO DIE AGAIN.
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I'VE KNOWN SOME NAMES AND FACES. FROM PLACES LONG AGO. ALMOST LONG FORGOTTEN. UNTIL I SAW THE WALL