The Walls Are Coming Down

They swallowed it whole

They went for the gold, for the gold

We fall for the same lies

We all have the same shoes to fill

The preachers and books

Of your empire will fight here alone

Some day they will be forgotten

And die one by one

The walls, the walls are comin' down

The here and now is comin' round

It will someday let you down

The ships, the ships are comin' in

The great ideas are wearing thin

And there is nothing left to do

For atoms have gone as far as atoms will go

Your books write themselves

They line up in row after row

The walls, the walls are comin' down

The here and now is comin' 'round

It will someday let you down

The ships, the ships are comin' in

The great ideas are wearing thin

And there is nothing left to do

The walls, the walls are comin' down

The here and now is comin' round

It will someday let you down

The ships, the ships are comin' in

The great ideas are wearing thin

And there is nothing left to do