
The Walls That We Have Built
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“High school will be the best years of your life,”
or so I've been told.
Good grades and a good looking boyfriend
Those are what really matter.
Now that is going to get you a future.
You built these walls.
From behind these walls, you are invincible.
Nobody can hurt you if they don't know you.
So when you go into those walls
You keep on building yours.
I'm the outcast here.
In my jeans and t-shirts, I look like everybody else
But I'm different and I don't know why
I'm often told I'm pretty and smart
So why am I ostracized?
I built these walls.
From behind them, I am invincible
And I will do as I please because you don't know me
All I have to do is everything they say
And soon nobody will be able to see inside.
But I have to admit, it gets lonely
Ruling your life from your fortress of stone.
I have been hiding myself behind these walls
For so long, I couldn't even see when I was alone.
I built my walls
Thinking that I could reach the sky
I didn't notice the arrows in my back
So I didn't notice you've abandoned your walls to pull me aside
You're not so blinded by ambition to not rescue me.
I did fine in high school
But they weren't the best years of my life.
I flunked my senior year,
Blinded by the pain you'll never know,
And I dumped that good looking boyfriend
Then I tore down those walls.
And I wandered aimlessly for all these years.
The pain has lessened with age.
And you were still there, waiting for me.
Girl, let's travel down the road
And see where the open plains take us now.