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Writing On Walls

Listen, Listen, Listen - Open up your eyes and ears See the starlight, watch it, feel it as it Glistens, Glistens, Glistens - Reflecting coldly off the teeth between the gears. Run, Run, Run - Come and see what's going down Watch the people, hear 'em, fear 'em with their Guns, Guns, Guns - No time left for us to fool around. These things we're doing can't be right These deeds done in the dark of night We'd better stop and answer the calls From the Other Side, stop writing on their walls. Look, Look, Look - Read the things we're posting up there Know the meanings, seek 'em, find 'em in those Books, Books, Books - That is, if you really do care. Getting, Getting, Getting Ask yourself what you really want Taste the bitter, weigh it, say it while you're Fretting, Fretting, Fretting Over all the things of which you're not so sure. These things we're doing can't be right These deeds committed in the dark of night We'd better stop and answer all the calls From the Other Side; stop writing on their walls. These things we're saying can't be true These things we're writing can't be what we want to do We'd better stop and listen to the calls From the people on the Other Side, and read the writing on the walls.

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Date: 1/5/2016 3:52:00 PM
Maybe, you're saying we should look at the history of civilization for answers to the present and future of mankind. To me, that is 'the writing on the wall". Perhaps, the lesson is that violence never ends violence. Anyway, good, thought provoking write.
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Date: 5/15/2012 4:53:00 PM
While I'm not so sure I fully appreciate your message, nevertheless I certainly appreciate your talent in presenting it. Good job.
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