Walk the Wire

It was the strangest night

The kinda scene I don't fit into

It didn't feel so right

Then she came back 'round

Drifting across my sight

Some apparition of make believe

I felt my chest go tight

And I tumbled in

And she said, "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

Oh, I'm telling you, the whole thing is just a breaking of desire

You'll inevitably hold on, because you always do

You gotta walk that wire

Oh, I'm talking in tongues, 'cause I'm not made of steel

Somebody save me from myself

I'm just a man alright

And I'm fumbling

With all this fading light

May be the moment to make my move

You hold your breath so tight

'Cause we're tumbling

And I said, "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

I've been telling you the whole time, it's just a breaking of desire

Now I promise to be brave too, because you've earned that right

You gotta walk that wire

There's something in the air, right

Keep it steady as you walk away

And we're never gonna know right

But it's better than the other way

And I said, "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

See, I never would'a held on but at the aching of desire

Know there's heaven in a folk song

So, just you hold on because you're dancing on the wire

Mmm, alright