western wall

i stand here by the western wall

maybe a little of that wall

stands inside of us all

i shove my prayers in the cracks

i got nothing to lose

no one to answer back

all these years i've brought up for review

i wasn't taught this

but i learned something new

i had to answer a distant call

at the western wall

i've got a heart full of fear

and i offer it up

on this altar of tears

red dust settles deep in my skin

i don't know where it stops

and where i begin

it's a crumbling pile of broken stones

it ain't much but it might be home

if i ever loved a place at all

it's the western wall

i don't know if god was ever a man

but if she was

i think i understand

why he found a place to break his fall

near the western wall