The Writing on The Wall

by @mandolinda

The Writing on The Wall
mandolinda
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Liner Notes

#acousticonetake #guitelele All about graffiti. I like the messages on the walls, went on a walk through London once, saw many Banksy's.

Lyrics

"The Writing on the Wall"

(Verse 1)
[C] Took a shortcut past the station,
[G] Lost in thoughts and hesitation,
[F] Then I saw it—[G] bold and bright,
A [C] painted truth in [F] black and [G] white.

(Verse 2)
[C]"Dreams are lost when left unsaid,"
[G]Scrawled in red above my head,
[F]Next to a face with [G]crying eyes,
A [C] sky so dark, but [F]stars [G]inside.

(Chorus)
[F] The writing on the wall, it [G] spoke to me,
[F] A splash of color, a [G] mystery,
[F] What I once ignored, I [G] see so clear,
[F] The world is louder [G] than I feared.

(Verse 3)
[C]Past the mall, past old cafes,
[G]Spray-can ghosts in alleyways,
[F]Then I laughed – a [G]story told
‘I [C]❤️HEART granny” [F]big and [G]bold

(Bridge)
[Am] "Change is coming," "Love remains,"
[G] "Lost but looking," "Break the chains,"
[F] Every wall, a voice, a clue,
And [G] suddenly—I saw it [G] too.

(Chorus)

(Verse 4)
[F] So now I walk with [G] open eyes,
[C] Under the island’s ever-[F]changing [G]skies,
The [F]city sings, the [G] colors call,
I [F] finally read the [G] writing on the [C] wall.

Comments

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We hunt out graffiti! And there are some beauties! Clever observational lyric!
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A very romantic vision of what can sometimes make a city ugly. But there can be beauty and art and meaning in graffiti. You capture that very well.
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