Ultravox: "(The) Thin Wall" Lyrics

The sound is on the visions move

 The image dance starts once again

 They shuffle with a bovine grace and glide in syncopation

 Just living lines from books we've read

 With atmospheres of days gone by

 With paper smiles

 The screenplay calls a message for the nation

 

 Chorus:

 

 And those who sneer will fade and die

 And those who laugh will surely fall

 And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall

 The thin wall

 Thin wall

 

 Grey men who speak of victory

 Shed light upon their stolen life

 They drive by night and act as if they're moved by unheard music

 To step in time and play the part

 With velvet voices smooth and cold

 Their power games a game no more

 And long the chance to use it

 

 (Chorus)

 

 And those who dance will spin and turn

 And those who wait will wait no more

 And those talk will hear the word

 And those who sneer will fade and die

 And those who laugh will surely fall

 And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall

 The thin wall

 Thin wall

 

 The thin wall (Repeat 3 times)

 

 And those who dance

 The thin wall

 And those who talk

 The thin wall

 And those who sneer

 The thin wall

 And those who laugh

 The thin wall

 And those who know

 The thin wall

 And those who dance

 The thin wall

 And those who wait

 The thin wall

 And those who talk

 (Fade)