I walk through the streets of my old town
   Trying to remember all the feelings
   But the only feeling was that something
   Sweet had come and gone for everyone
   There's factories in the fields where we used to run
   There's a hard day coming for us daughters and sons
   Wake up, some things had better change
  
   Tear It All down and starting here and now
   Let it all burn, so many souls in pain
   Tear It All Down, too many hearts in doubt
   We're never gonna learn
  
   All of the treasures we own
   God bless the house, the car and the T.V.
   They built us a prison without any locks
   And meanwhile the men who claim God on their side
   Spit out their message and sell me a ride
   While we look for idols inside a fashion magazine
   Things are gonna change
  
   Tear It All down and starting here and now
   Let it all burn, so many souls in pain
   Tear It All Down, too many hearts in doubt
   We're never gonna learn, there's a wall to keep us in
   Tear It All Down, and walls to keep us out
   Let it all burn, too many souls in pain
   Tear It All Down, too many hearts in doubt
   We're never gonna learn
  
   Lying naked here in the shrine of your embrace (your embrace)
   We touch the burning cauldron to your angel face (angel face)
  
  
   I look at my boy as he sleeps
   An innocent facing the lions
   I wish there was some way I could talk to my father again
  
   There's a bomb in the schoolhouse
   Wired to the face of the clock
   In the face of disaster we stand like a rock
   You can't want you're children to pay for your sins wake up
   Some things are gonna change
  
   Tear It All Down, some things are gonna fall
   Tear It All Down, we can't go back again
   Tear It All Down, with backs against the wall
   Tear It All Down, There's a wall to keep us in
   Tear It All Down, There's a wall to keep us out
   Let it all burn, too many souls in pain
   Tear It All Down, too many hearts in doubt
  
   Tear It All Down, some things are gonna fall
   Tear It All Down, we can't go back again
   Tear It All Down, with backs against the wall
   Tear It All Down, There's a wall to keep us in
   Tear It All Down, There's a wall to keep us out
   Let it all burn, too many souls in pain
   Tear It All Down, too many hearts in doubt