The only ones worth dying for have been dead for years
We live through dog ears in their memoirs and lap up all their tears
In some eternal music hall, the club was wall to wall
With serpents, angels, blades, and gauze, I searched it wall to wall
But couldn't find the secret chords or the dreams that were deferred
If heaven houses one and all it's crowded wall to wall to wall to wall
Even New York City blushes if you look to close
And she won't name her favorite tattoo but you think you know
It's the graffiti in the stalls and panic wall to wall
They blew the avenue apart and looted wall to wall
But couldn't find the secret words or the dreams that were deferred
If heaven houses one and all it's crowded wall to wall to wall to wall
And I know I said I'm finished but I think I want it told
My inner child is growing, growing old
And that prize I tried to win you, always further down the road
Was just another slick mirage, I should have known
The only thing I want now is to disappear
And live in dog years through their love songs until the static clears
And we hear death eternal call and echo wall to wall
Just let your hospital gown fall and love me wall to wall
There is not one immortal word any place that I'd prefer
If heaven houses one and all it's crowded wall to wall to wall to wall