The sound is on
   The visions move
   The image dance starts once again
   They shuffle with a bovine grace
   And glide in syncopation
   Just living lines from books we've read
   With atmospheres of days gone by
   With paper smiles the screenplay calls
   A message for the nation
  
   And those who sneer will fade and die
   And those who laugh will surely fall
   And those who know will always feel
   Their backs against
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
  
   Grey men who speak of victory
   Shed light upon their stolen lives
   They drive by night and act as if
   They're moved by unheard music
   To step in time and play the part
   With velvet voices smooth and cold
   Their power game's a game no more
   And long the chance to use it
  
   And those who sneer will fade and die
   And those who laugh will surely fall
   And those who know will always feel
   Their backs against
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
  
   And those who dance will spin and turn
   And those who wait will wait no more
   And those who talk will hear the word
   And those who sneer will fade and die
   And those who laugh will surely fall
   And those who know will always feel
   Their backs against
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
   The thin wall
  
   And thosw who dance
   And those who talk
   And those who sneer
   And those who laugh
   And those who know
   And those who dance
   And those who wait
   And those who talk