Heaven's Wall

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Track 6 of High Hopes, 2014.

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Credits

• High Hopes (2014)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar, bass, percussion loop, organ, synthesizers
  • Tawatha Agee: backing vocals
  • Ron Aniello: percussion loops, synthesizer, farfisa organ
  • Sam Bardfeld: violin
  • Everett Bradley: percussion
  • Keith Fluitt: backing vocals
  • John James: backing vocals
  • Curtis King Jr.: backing vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle: backing vocals
  • Tom Morello: guitar
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Al Thornton: backing vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell: backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums
  • Brenda White-King: backing vocals
  • New York String Section
    • Rob Mathes (arranger and conductor), Lisa Kim (concertmaster), Quan Ge (violin), Hyunju Lee (violin), Jessica Lee (violin), Ann Lehman (violin), Joanna Maurer (violin), Suzanne Ornstein (violin), Annaliesa Place (violin), David Southorn (violin), Jeanine Wynton (violin), Sharon Yamada (violin), Maurycy Banaszek (viola), Désirée Elsevier (viola), Shmuel Katz (viola), Robert Rinehart (viola), Maria Kitsopoulos (cello), Alan Stepansky (cello), and Ru Pei Yeh (cello)

Performances

Performed live 15 times (not including snippet performances). 2014-04-26 Aaron's Amphitheatre At Lakewood, Atlanta, GA 2014-04-12 Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA 2014-04-08 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH 2014-02-23 Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 2014-02-16 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-02-15 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-02-11 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2014-02-08 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-02-07 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-02-05 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-02-01 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 2014-01-29 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa 2014-01-28 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa 2014-01-26 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa 2014-01-14 Rockefeller Center, GE Building, Studio 6A, New York City, NY

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 127 on the 2023-25 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 14 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on High Hopes (2014).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 13 official live downloads:

• 2014-04-26 Aaron's Amphitheatre At Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
• 2014-04-12 Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA
• 2014-04-08 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
• 2014-02-23 Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
• 2014-02-15 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• 2014-02-11 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• 2014-02-08 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• 2014-02-07 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• 2014-02-05 Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• 2014-02-01 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2014-01-29 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2014-01-28 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2014-01-26 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa

One of these recordings is also available on the playlist The Live Series: Songs From Around The World, Vol.2 (2024).

On The Tracks

HEAVEN'S WALL - V1		uncirculating
HEAVEN'S WALL - V2		uncirculating
HEAVEN'S WALL - V3	3:50	HOPES

Note: V1 recorded by Springsteen during the mid 2000s, V2 recorded by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks Studios, Atlanta, most likely in spring 2007 during the recording sessions for Magic. Ron Aniello has stated that the original basic track (vocals, drum and bass) was used, and 2013 overdubs, including guitar by Tom Morello, completed the song.

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^{Studio Sessions: Magic}

Lyrics

Heaven's Wall

(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
One, two, three, four (Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)

There was a woman waiting at the well
Drawing water 'neath the desert sky blue
She said, "He'll heal the blind, raise the dead, cure the sickness out of you"
Come on men of Gideon
Come on men of Saul
Come on sons of Abraham
Waiting outside heaven's wall

Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand

He saw the watcher at the city gates
Jonah in the belly of the whale
He watched you walk your ragged mile
His mercy did not fail

(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
Hey!

Lai lai-lai lai, lai lai-lai lai
(Lai lai-lai lai, lai lai-lai lai)

Whoa! Whoa!

One, two!
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand

Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand

(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)

(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)
And together we'll walk into Canaan land
(Raise your hand, raise your hand, raise your hand)

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

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