The Wire

Written by：Justin Rutledge

Darling its down to the wire

I'm certain we're stalling

I'd die to come sit by the fire but the curtain is calling

If I were a boat I'd sail to where your beauty could blind me

But I am only a wave

I wait for the blue to bind me

Darling its down to the wire

The mercury's rising

The stars are about to retire upon the horizon

If I were a boat I'd name our love after an ocean

But I am only a wave and this is my only motion

Only motion

I hear them playing our songs in lands where shadows are long

In places we used to be strong they're playing our song

Are you afraid

Yes I'm afraid

Are we alone

Yes I'm afraid we're alone

Darling its down to the wire

The fire's a forest

I can't tell the chord from the choir

The choir from the chorus

If I were a boat I would anchor my labors inside you

But I am only a wave

I dream but to drown beside you drown beside you

I hear them playing our song

Wisteria clinging to dawn

In places we used to belong they're playing our song

I hear them playing our song long after the embers are gone

In places our love was all wrong they're playing our song

Are you afraid

Yes I'm afraid

Are we alone

Yes I'm afraid we're alone