Story from a Thin Wall

<br>I heard the battle raging on the other side of the wall<br><br>Buried my head in a pillow and tried to ignore it all<br><br>Every night when I hear you I dream of breaking down your door<br><br>An avenging knight in shining armour to rescue you from it all<br><br>From the family business<br><br><br><br>When I see you in the supermarket<br><br>With sunglasses in the shade<br><br>Averting your eyes from those staring questions<br><br>How were those bruises made<br><br>Its family business<br><br><br><br>Children clutching to your legs<br><br>Theyve got so much they want to say<br><br>But daddys sitting home and drunk again<br><br>So they bite their lips and pray<br><br>And daddy dont like no strangers prying<br><br>And noses in his private affairs<br><br>And if anyone asks from the social<br><br>Well, you fell down the stairs<br><br>Its family business<br><br><br><br>So I become an accessory<br><br>And I dont have an alibi<br><br>To the victim lying on my doorstep<br><br>The only way I can justify<br><br>Its family business<br><br><br><br>cause every day its getting harder<br><br>Try to see, to go away<br><br>To all the people that surround you<br><br>You have to sit them down and explain<br><br>To be the writing on the wall inside<br><br>To be the pledge you call your own<br><br>And if you run into the day<br><br>You sure you know youll find a home<br><br>You sure you know youll find a home<br><br>Find a home<br><br>You sure, you sure<br><br><br><br>The traffic lights shine upon<br><br>(? ) and the broken home<br><br>Everyone could be oh so far away<br><br>(? ) and the white lines lead the way<br><br>Lead the way<br><br><br><br>And the writing on the wall<br><br>Theyre carving out the martyrs in stone<br><br><br><br>Couldve been the same this way<br><br>It couldve been the same this way<br><br>Tell them its the same today<br><br>We could have been much younger<br><br>It could have been much longer<br><br>Into the real time<br><br>Too far<br><br>You run away today<br><br>Tomorrow<br><br>You take away the time<br><br>You took away my mind<br><br><br><br>Something to the light she said<br><br>Everyone is burning<br><br>We could have been much younger<br><br>Should have