The Wall Keeps

The Wall Keeps

Verse 1

The frost comes down the hill at night It finds the crack where the lean is deep I mix the lime and I wet the wall The way my mother taught me to

Chorus

The wall keeps The wall keeps leaning The frost keeps finding The crack I keep

Verse 2

The rain gets in where the frost got out The wall leans into the hill I fill the crack with my mother's hands The habit is the only home

Chorus

The wall keeps The wall keeps leaning The frost keeps finding The crack I keep

Bridge

Some nights I stand and watch it work The frost, the rain, the patient hill I could move away. I could let it fall But the wall was here before the house And the wall will be here after

Chorus

The wall keeps The wall keeps leaning The frost keeps finding The crack I keep

Outro

I keep the crack The crack keeps me