Ways to Make It Through the Wall

This song is about the trojan war(and ofc our petty tragic emotional lives)

The wall is the wall of Troy.

"I think it's fair to say that I chose hopelessness... and inflicted it on the rest of us, but at least I've come to terms with my own mortality." Here Garrett is assuming the role of Achilles.

"The guy singing all the sad songs died," - This is Homer

honestly i just assume the whole album is an illad concept piece.

I think the chorus is wrong.

It's not correct to say 'awaiting FOR something'. Await is a transitive verb. I think it's more likely to be, 'Ah, we are waiting here for catastrophe.'

Lyrics as they appear in the booklet:

I think it's fair to say that I chose hopelessness And inflicted it on the rest of us But at least I've come to terms with my own mortality We search for different ways To make it through the wall Resign our parents' interests Will one day be our own

We wait at ease We wait to see We are waiting here for catastrophe

The guy singing all the sad songs died Oh well, I guess he was right Oh, I guess he was right We learn together over time That tolerance is more appealing In theory than in practice I identify my star sign by asking Which is least compatible with yours

And a room full of vacuum, And a room full of air look the same You have not been reborn They've just painted your face, painted the walls

Message sent to so far unreached peoples I think they've got it in for us I think they've got it in for us How you break the rules that you yourself imposed Think you've got it in for us I think you've got it in for yourselves

You have not been reborn They've just painted your face, painted the walls

I think its just a commentary on people 'growing' up, where they claim to have changed so much and been 'reborn' but in actual fact they haven't changed much at all its just purely superficial and cosmetic.

"I identify my star sign by asking Which is least compatible with yours"

unreal line

"I identify my star sign by asking which is least compatible with yours" favourite part.

I always thought it was:

"Ah, we wait to ease Ah, we wait to see Are we awaiting here for catastrophe?"

but that's most proberbly just me!

Amazing song, though it does kind of bug me that the line is "I identify my star sign/ by asking which is least compatible with yours," and not "I identify your star sign/ by asking which is least compatible with mine"

"A room full of vacuum and a room full of air look the same," is from the comic Phonogram. The full line is, paraphrased, "... But one you can't live without and the other will make you implode."