These walls stood as solid as two hands could make.
These walls were a fortress that no one could take,
These walls made a shelter in the falling rain,
A refuge from a world of pain
For a heart that could not bear to break again.
These walls were the safest place a child could hide.
These walls never let the light of day inside,
These walls held a prisoner of loneliness.
And I’d be in that tomb, I guess,
But each time I look back I bless
These walls.
These walls, just old ruins of a foolish vow,
These walls stand as monuments to freedom now.
These walls with the golden daylight shining through
Tell the story of what love can do,
Since the day I gave my heart to you
And you came into
These walls.
Written by Jim Weber, upon viewing video of the Twin Tower ruins after the terrorist attack of Septe
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