Higher Wall Lyrics - New Model Army

We're out here on the borders with our favourite few possessions 

Traded stories whispered round the fire 

As shadows in the searchlights, mugshots in the files 

Waiting in the camps behind the wire 

Kick the door until it opens, what you have you cannot hold 

We are young, forever hungry, you are fat and growing old 

Still every day you try to build a higher wall 

We pick the leaves of coca, we stack the crates of cola 

We wait upon the tables where you dine 

And learn from you not to accept the little that we're given 

To take the piece of silver where we can 

Now clutching at these papers in another office line 

We're staring from the darkness up at windows filled with light 

And every day you try to build a higher wall 

In my town we used to pray to idols sent from far away 

From out beyond the dusty days, we heard your voices call 

And in your town the streets are cleaned 

The order stands, the sirens scream 

You talk of peace, vacation dreams - and reinforce the wall 

Now in the queues at immigration, in the border zone 

We are your bastard children, all coming home 

And every day you try to build a higher wall 

Every day you try to build a higher wall 

But your money cannot stop us 

And you violence cannot stop us 

No you will never stop us with your higher wall