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Walls by Beck

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Beck

Walls

Release date: 7th July 2008

From Modern GuiltTrack 62:22
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About This Track

'Walls' by Beck is an alternative track from the album 'Modern Guilt' (2008). The lyrics move between fleeting exhilaration and a slide into malaise, with a self-aware sense of performance and unease. Faces show up in veneer, fear gets reflected back, and the narrator grapples with the strain of living with that gap, closing on the blunt question of how to carry it. The mood is restless and inward, with the refrain pivoting on the realisation that feeling can turn quickly, even when you think you should be better than the moment. One phrase sets the tone: “some days it turns into malaise”.

"Walls" is a track by Beck, from the album Modern Guilt, released 7th July 2008. The track is 2:22 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Beck.

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Lyrics

Walls

Some days we get a thrill in our brains
Some days it turns into malaise
You see our face in the veneer
Reflected on the surface of fear
Because you know that we're better than that
But some days we're worse than you can imagine
And how am I supposed to live with that?
With all these train wrecks coming at random

Hey - what are you gonna do?
When those walls are falling down - falling down on you
Hey - what are you gonna do?
When those walls are falling down - falling down on you

You got warheads stacked in the kitchen
You treat distraction like it's a religion
With a rattlesnake step in your rhythm
We do the best with the souls we've been given
Because you know we're nothing special to them
We're going some place they've already been
Trying to make sense of what they call wisdom
And this riff-raff ain't laughing with them

Hey - what are you gonna do?
When those walls are falling down - falling down on you
Hey - what are you gonna do?
When those walls are falling down - falling down on you

You're wearing all the years on your face
Turn a tombstone into your own place
And your heart only beats in a murmur
But your words ring out just like murder

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Modern Guilt
Modern Guilt
Beck
8th July 2008
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6
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2008
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