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Walls of the Cave Lyrics
I'm leaving you a message
I'm leaving you a trace
I'm leaving thoughts for you
I hope that time will not erase
And when the moment comes
to read the words that engrave
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
of the cave
I know you heard the question
but you didnt make a sound
And when it fell
you caught my heart
before it hit the ground
but if you ever need the names
of those you couldn't save
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
Look at me
the times stand still
melting here
its now a hill(?)
look away
look away
the time goes past
these rocks will fall
away at last
look away
maybe you will see
as your passing by the(?)
below the mose forgotten
where some words are torn to stone
might have been an etching
on a marker of a grave
or maybe on the walls of the cave
listen to
the silent dreams(?)
spill your words
for all the breeze(?)
look away
i'll see them all
carved into (?) 4:00
the ?
listen to
the silent dreams
listen to
the silent dreams
the silent dreams
I'm leaving you a trace
I'm leaving thoughts for you
I hope that time will not erase
And when the moment comes
to read the words that engrave
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
of the cave
but you didnt make a sound
And when it fell
you caught my heart
before it hit the ground
but if you ever need the names
of those you couldn't save
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
you'll find them on the walls of the cave
the times stand still
melting here
its now a hill(?)
look away
look away
the time goes past
these rocks will fall
away at last
look away
maybe you will see
as your passing by the(?)
below the mose forgotten
where some words are torn to stone
might have been an etching
on a marker of a grave
or maybe on the walls of the cave
the silent dreams(?)
spill your words
for all the breeze(?)
look away
i'll see them all
carved into (?) 4:00
the ?
listen to
the silent dreams
listen to
the silent dreams
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i love this song, it's beautiful. I can't believe nobody has commented on it.
Tom Marshall said in an interview he conciously wrote this song to his son, as if it was in the future and he had died, and he was sending him this message. He noticed, because of the similarities pointed out, that he may have sub-conciously written about the 9-11 attacks in the song. This was written shortly after 9-11-01 with some of the lyrics: "And when it fell you caught my heart before it hit the ground but if you ever need the names of those you couldn't save you'll find them on the walls of the cave"
"look away the time goes past these rocks will fall away at last look away"
along with the initials of the title Walls (of) The Cave - WTC
oh wow, I always related this song to 9/11, but I never noticed the title
Trey was a philosophy major...Plato's allegory of the cave...anyone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
"look at me the times stands still the mountain here is now a hill"
"maybe you will see as you're passing by alone"
"listen to the silent trees still your words float on the breeze"
and for the (?) by the 4:00 "carved into the cavern wall"
at least that's what i can make of it
YAY phish
oh, and i always treated it like actual cave writings... like what they were thinking when they did it
ps cave writing is the oldest form of grafiti
i think shaaayna also has a good point after looking up the allegory