Some days are diamonds; some days are rocks. Those are the opening lines of “Walls (Circus),” a song about the fortresses we build around our own hearts. Written on the brink of Tom Petty‘s divorce from Jane Benyo, his...
Some days are diamonds; some days are rocks. Those are the opening lines of “Walls (Circus),” a song about the fortresses we build around our own hearts. Written on the brink of Tom Petty‘s divorce from Jane Benyo, his wife of 22 years, “Walls (Circus)” explores pain, uncertainty, endurance, and vulnerability over the course of […]
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