Kansas – The Wall lyrics

I believe this could have another meaning than what the others have come up with. I could see these lyrics to mean that after choosing a physical universe life, one of material blessings yet weaknesses, that the writer realizes that this material universe path is not the path of the truth and of enlightenment, and that t has been blinding him & that it prevents him from actually seeing the truth, the truth of who he truly is and he decides to search to find his actual true self, as a spiritual being, not just a body, and that by following the path of spiritual enlightenment he will find harmony n all.

This song makes more sense being about enlightenment than Christianity .The part about few teaching the other side and the wall being you only make sense in enlightenment Many are born again few people ever claim to have achieved enlightenment and you are what stands in your path.Until you give up the concept of self thus tearing down the wall.

I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see
[ The world around me isn't real. My mind is playing tricks.]

The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall
[ There's a decision to be made, and I don't know how to make it.]

And with each passing day I feel a little
More like something dear was lost
[ The longer I wait, the longer it eats away at me.]

It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between,
All I am, and all that I would ever want be
[ The choice is there before me. It's like an invisible wall.
[ between who I am and I wish I was. ]

It's just a travesty, towering, marking
Off the boundaries my spirit would erase
[ I know it isn't real, but it looms over me, defining
[ what my heart would do away with ]

To pass beyond is what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak
[ I want to move passed this. But I can't do it, I'm not good enough. ]

And those are few who've seen it through to glimpse the other side,
[ Few are good enough. ]

The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
[ All I need, my promised land, is right there like a thing of beauty beckoning my heart's desire ]

The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision's in the air
[ The beauty and artistry in my feelings are exquisite, and gut-wrenching ]

It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me
[ The wall, the decision, defines who I am. ]

It's just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see
[ It's a cruel joke, but I can't see passed it. The emotions are overwhelming.
[ Nothing exists but this barrier, this decision.
[ Please let me get beyond it.]

Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it's not for me I know it well
[ The easy seduction, the easy decision, are not my way ]

The riches that I seek are waiting on the other side
There's more that I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find
[ What I want, the transformation I seek, is in that promised land ]

And though it's always been with me, I must tear down the Wall and let it be
All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony
[ I've struggled all my life, but if I can break through this one barrier,
[ make this one sacrifice - because the energy and overwhelm of emotions makes it feel like
[ there is only thing remaining - if I can do this, then I'll have everything - joy, peace, transformation. ]

Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross
[ I made it through. It's not what I thought. It's simply more of what came before,
[ but I can see now that what I had before was already a glorious thing. ]

There is no loss
[ Just let go. You needn't sacrifice.]