TOM PETTY - WALLS

Some days are diamonds,Some days are rocks, Some doors are open, Some roads are blocked
He nails pretty much all of life in those four opening lines. Some days are unexplainable magic that has appeared from nowhere, and you're left marvelling at life. Other days, nothing works out, the road is blocked. 
Sundowns are golden, Then they fade away. And if I never do nothin' I'm coming back some day. 
Cause you've got a heart so big it could crush this townAnd I can't hold out foreverEven walls fall down. 
You can put up all the walls you want, but nothing is ever permanent. And just listen to how he sings that line, "you've got a heart so big it could crush this town," he ain't kidding! You meet someone with a big heart and it crushes you, throws your world upside down. Petty thinks he's the man, thinks he's protected; but now he's vulnerable, his walls have fallen down. 
All around your islandThere's a barricadeIt keeps out the danger Holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happySometimes you cryPart of me is ocean Half of me is sky
You've got a heart so bigIt can crush this townI can't hold out foreverEven walls fall down
You put up a wall, and sure, you can keep the danger outside of yourself. But you hold in the pain! That's why people need therapy; they put up the big walls, but they can't get healed; because the wounds of life get trapped inside.
Some things are overSome things go wrong Part of me you carry Part of me is gone
You've got a heart so bigIt could crush this townI can't hold out foreverEven walls fall down 
'Part of me is gone', that's so true. Life takes from you. It takes and takes. It takes the people we love, it takes your health. Everything is temporary. I remember being at a funeral, and a distant relative of mine was talking to me about my Grandmother, who died when I was a kid. She said to me, in a quiet moment, "Y'know, I never got over your Grandmother's death. Never did." And it's stuck with me ever since. Things end, things pass by, and parts of us get lost forever. 
And what happens when we lose those parts? We close off, put up barriers, try to stop it happening again. We can go YEARS without climbing over them. People try reach us, but the walls are solid. That is until someone cares enough. Until a heart comes along that can crumble you. 
Baby you got a heart so bigIt could crush this town I can't hold out foreverEven walls fall down. 
This is a song about the tipping point, where you decide to live again. You allow yourself to be vulnerable. 

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