WRITING ON THE WALL

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"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, It’s a wonder I can think at all - though my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none, I can read the writing on the wall."

-- Paul Simon

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lyrics

A crash in slow motion
When a drop becomes an ocean
Preparing our vessels
For the fall

There’s no one left to save me
And no ones ever paid me
Enough for me to even make a call

And I believe the writing on the wall

We’ve gotten old before our time
Nothing left for us to find
We’re trading our true love
In for lust

You’ve lost all your feeling
The wall paint is peeling
And now you're making pictures
In the dust

Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
It says it all

When you hear the chorus
Do you sing along?
When you bite the bullet
Do you feel like you belong?

Can't you read the writing on the wall?

As I sit in silence
Surrounded by violence
And hammer my head like a gong

Everyone hurries
To get one day older
And not one foot
Further along

Maybe they can see the writing on the wall

Away are the angels
Who know all the angles
Gone are the sharp guitar suits

Out in the garden
A rose bush in blossom
And you pull it up by the roots

Maybe you can read the writing on the wall
It says it all

When you hear the chorus
Do you sing along?
When you bite the bullet
Do you feel like you belong?

Can't you read the writing on the wall?
The writing on the wall

credits

Words and Music by Flood Party with special guests, Doc Rock and Jack Blues
Arranged, performed and produced by
Jason Rowe and Daphna Dove
Recorded live at Groove Alley, Hermosa Beach, CA.

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