LyricsMode - Lyrics, explanations and meanings for more than 800,000 songsThe 'walls' are metaphorical. They are alluding to social injustices like racism, sexism, classism, ableism (prejudice against disabled people), queerphobia, transphobia, anti-semitism, and other issues that divide humanity into groups pitted against each other. By saying 'Let's reach across that great divide' they are trying to tell us to accept each other and build strong relations with people w
