Another Brick In The Wall
Rock Kids Lyrics

Daddy's flown across the ocean
Daddy is leaving home and going far away

Leaving just a memory
All that's left of Daddy is a memory

Snapshot in the family album
A picture of him was taken and put in a family album

Daddy what else did you leave for me?
What else did he leave behind besides a memory?

Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?!?
A frustrated repetition of the previous line

All in all it was just a brick in the wall.
The Daddy's leaving is just like another brick in an already constructed wall

All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
All of the little things can build up to make a big wall

You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still lady!
A command to someone hiding behind the bikesheds to stop and be visible

When we grew up and went to school
When we were children and attended school

There were certain teachers who would
Some teachers had the tendency to

Hurt the children in any way they could
Some teachers were cruel and tried to hurt their students

(Oof!)
An interjection to express pain

By pouring their derision
They made fun of the students and belittled them

Upon anything we did
No matter what we did, they found fault with it

And exposing every weakness
They made our weaknesses known to others

However carefully hidden by the kids
Even if we tried to hide our weaknesses, they would still find them

But in the town it was well known
Everyone in the town knew

When they got home at night, their fat and
When the teachers went home at night, their overweight and

Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Their wives who had mental disorders would beat them

Within inches of their lives.
The beatings were so bad that they nearly killed them

We don't need no education
We don't require education

We dont need no thought control
We don't want anyone to control our thoughts

No dark sarcasm in the classroom
We don't want anyone to use harsh or sarcastic language in our classroom

Teachers leave them kids alone
We want the teachers to leave us alone and not interfere with our learning process

Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
A shout out to the teachers to leave the students alone

All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All of these experiences are like building blocks in the wall

All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
All of us can be seen as just bricks in the wall

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.
You can't get what you want if you don't fulfill your obligations

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
A rhetorical question to emphasize the point that one must complete certain tasks to achieve goals

You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddie!
A command to someone hiding behind the bikesheds to stop and be visible

I don't need no arms around me
I don't desire anyone's emotional support

And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I don't need any substances to make me feel relaxed

I have seen the writing on the wall
I've noticed patterns and behaviors that are leading to a certain outcome

Don't think I need anything at all
I don't think there's anything I need to change my current situation

No! Don't think I'll need anything at all
Emphatically expressing that they don't feel anything is missing in their life

All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
Everything that has happened is just like another brick in the wall

All in all you were all just bricks in the wall.
All of us can be seen as just bricks in the wall