If you listen to the sound of the hope 
In the children's voices asking questions 
You'll know how blindness is a blessing 
But I know your type, you're always right, your tongue controls your mind 
But I guess life's the lesson 

If they said 40 years I would die before 
I let them take the love that I have paid for with my tears 
And now the time has come to cut our tongues out 
And commit ourselves as you did in your memory 

We'll tear down the walls and let them know 
We could have it all, we could have some hope 
This city could be ours by nightfall 

Do you hear the war drums beating? 
Are you truly happy doing nothing, darling? 
I need to find the center 
Because love is something right, it's not cooked up overnight 
In sticky situations you try 
But less is more forever 

If they said 40 years I would die before 
I let them take the love that I have paid for with my tears 
And now the time has come to cut our tongues out 
And commit ourselves as you did in your memory 

We'll tear down the walls and let them know 
We could have it all, we could have some hope 
This city could be ours by nightfall, nightfall 
We'll tear down the walls and let them know 
We could have it all, we could have some hope 
This city could be ours by nightfall 

The minute I was born, you stole my heart 
The minute I was born, you stole my heart 
The minute I was born, you stole my heart 
The minute I was born, the minute I was born 

Tear down the walls and let them know 
We could go all night, we could just stay home 
This city could be ours by nightfall, nightfall 
Tear down the walls and let them know 
We could have it all, we could have some hope 
This city could be ours by nightfall