Lyric discussion by bjort 

Cover art for Tower Song lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

I'm currently obsessed with this song. Particularly the line "close your eyes and speak to me" . The song speaks of egoisim, close-mindedness (close your eyes and speak to me, which is kind of a mockery of someone). The tower of an ego will fail as the song states, for protetection towers only last for a certain amount of time, you cannot shut out others forever, something has to crack.