The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
We don't need more medications
We don't need another colonoscopy
No more fingers up my A hole please
Doctors leave my ass alone
Hey, doctors, leave my ass alone!
All in all it's just another quack in the wall
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
I don't need no suppositories
I don't need no enemes
No more CT Scans and MRIs
Teachers leave my bod alone
Hey, Teacher! Leave my bod alone!
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
We don't need no Medimucil
No dark sarcasm in the bathroom
Doctors leave them guts alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them guts alone
All in all it's just another quack in the wall
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave those kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave those kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
I don't need no arms around me
I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I need anything at all
No, Don't think I need anything at all
All in all it was just bricks in the wall
We don't need another colonoscopy
No more fingers up my A hole please
Doctors leave my ass alone
Hey, doctors, leave my ass alone!
All in all it's just another quack in the wall
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
I don't need no suppositories
I don't need no enemes
No more CT Scans and MRIs
Teachers leave my bod alone
Hey, Teacher! Leave my bod alone!
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
We don't need no Medimucil
No dark sarcasm in the bathroom
Doctors leave them guts alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them guts alone
All in all it's just another quack in the wall
All in all you're just another quack in the wall
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave those kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave those kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
I don't need no arms around me
I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I need anything at all
No, Don't think I need anything at all
All in all it was just bricks in the wall
Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1, 2 and 3 (Pink Floyd cover) song meanings
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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korn fucker, not only is it not about "the war" of the 60's and 70's, it is also not about the berlin wall. i would recommend listening to the entire album of 'the wall' and learning about real art.
the wall is a personal wall built with each brick symbolizing another fear or another thing from which he wants to hide himself.
the first part is about the emptiness he feels because he never got to know his father. his father was in the british military and was killed at anzio (a battle in italy in ww2). he's expressing his grief and anger because he feels his father gave him nothing from which to build a good life. each one of these regrets is another brick in his personal wall that he's building around himself to protect him from society and responsibility.
the second part shows how he's pulled away from society's teachings and developed his own sense of necessity. he feels that he doesn't need, and certainly doesn't want, anyone telling him how to think. and each time he pulls away further, it adds bricks in the wall.
the third part is located a bit further in his story. he's grown up a bit and has built his wall all around him. he's made up his mind from all the things he's seen and done and is ready to fully retreat behind his personal wall.
each song on 'the wall' tells a story, and each one goes from the one before it and leads into the one after it. none of these songs were meant to be singles, and this one in particular only sounds the way it does because the recording company wanted to pace it up a bit with a rather upbeat chorus beat. 'the wall' represents a musical concept that is all but lost on today's popular musicians in that each song on the album means very little by itself, but together serves the meaning of the entire album.
as for korn's version, i'd say it's about par for the course as far as what i'd expect korn to do to a classic. jon's voioce does go very well with this song as he can't sing any better than roger waters. it's not about being able to sing, it's about being able to express yourself through your voice, and jon does do well in that regard. everything else gets a thumbs down though. obviously, i'm a pink floyd purist and don't believe any of their songs should be remade. by the way, head might be a decent guitarist for korn, but he couldn't hold a candle to david gilmour.