There's so much I want to share
For too long I've been to scared
To show the way I feel for you
But I know what I have to do
So I'm just gonna say it, say it
Love is like a game
And I'm gonna play it, play it
I hope you feel the same
I'm in so deep can't think and I can't sleep
I'm high up on a tightrope
And it always leads to you
(Always leads to you)
Each day, I find you're always on my mind
I'm high up on a tightrope
And I got to get to you
(Got to get to you)
Wanna take you by the hand
When we touch, you'll understand
That there's a love I can't deny
And it's too much too keep inside
So I'm just gonna say it, say it
Love is like a game
And I'm not gonna play it, play it
I hope you feel the same
I'm in so deep can't think and I can't sleep
I'm high up on a tightrope
And it always leads to you
(Always leads to you)
Each day, I find you're always on my mind
I'm high up on a tightrope
And I got to get to you
(Got to get to you)
No more time should pass us by
Don't ask how I know it
But this time is made for you and I
Say it
Play it
I'm in so deep can't think and I can't sleep
I'm high upon a tightrope
And I got to get to, got to get to you
Each day, I find you're always on my mind
I'm high up on a tightrope
And I got to get to you
(Got to get to you)
I'm in so deep can't think and I can't sleep
I'm high upon a tightrope
And I got to get to, got to get to you
Each day, I find you're always on my mind
I'm high up on a tightrope
And I got to get to you
(Got to get to you)
I'm in so deep can't think and I can't sleep
I'm high upon a tightrope
And I got to get to, got to get to you
Each day, I find you're always on my mind
I'm high up on a tightrope
And I got to get to you
(Got to get to you)
Saw you walkin' on a backstreet honey
Tryin' to slip away
Did you find someone to take your money
And did it make your day
Take a lesson from someone who's been there
There are lots of roads that lead you nowhere
I can see it in your blank stare baby
Someone's done you in
Everybody hits the hard truth some time
It's your time again
So you're lonesome and the night's approachin'
Honey this is where the tough get goin'
Welcome to the tightrope
Between memory and pain
Welcome to the tightrope
Between the freedom and the chain
Welcome to the tightrope
Stretched high above the street
Welcome to the tightrope
It's right beneath your feet
Once you learn to balance truth and sorrow
You can worry about the rest tomorrow
Up there on the tightrope
Oh it's a tightrope
They say some days you're gonna win,
They say some days you're gonna lose.
I tell you I got news for you
Your losin' all the time you never win
If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down
Get off your tightrope up there come down on
The ground you gotta save me now,
You better turn around.
When I looked around, I was heading down.
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
They say some days you gotta give--
They say some days you gotta take--
If that's the way it's gotta be,
Roll it over and you will see.
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time.
The change from night to day is really only hours,
It's just along the line can't you see the sign
When I looked around, I was heading down,
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
I want to look you straight in the eye,
I want to tell you how I really feel,
I can feel the wheels turnin' round,
Won't somebody throw me down a line
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time,
The change from night to day is really only hours
It's just along the line, can't you see the sign
When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
Somebody had thrown me down the line--stopped me drownin'
Let me tell you about a girl I know,
had a drink about a hour ago.
Sitting in a corner by herself, in a bar in downtown Hell.
She heard a noise and she looked through the door.
And saw a man she'd never seen before.
Light skin, light blue eyes, a double-chin and a plastic smile.
Well, her heart raced as he walked in the door
And took an empty seat next to her at the bar.
"My brand new car is parked right outside. How'd ya like to go for a ride?"
And she said."Wait a minute I have to think."
He said, "That's fine. May I please buy you a drink"
One drink turned into 3 or 4 and they left and got into his car
and they drove away someplace real far.
Now babe the time has come.
How'd ya like to have a little fun?
And she said."If we could only please be on our way, I will not run."
That's when things got out of control.
She didn't want to, he had his way.
She said, "Let's Go"
He said, "No Way!"
Come on babe it's your lucky day.
Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way.
Come on baby don't be afraid,
if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid.
He finished up and he started the car
He turned around and drove back to the bar.
He said."Now baby don't be sad, in my opinion you weren't half-bad."
She picked up a rock.,threw it at the car, hit him in the head, now he's got a big scar.
Come on party people won't you listen to me.
Date Rape Stylee.
The next day she went to her drawer, look up her local attorney at law,
went to the phone and filed the police report and then she took the guy's ass to court.
Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed, "She lies that little slut!"
The judge knew that he was full of shit and he gave him 25 years
And now his heart is filled with cheers.
One night in jail it was getting late.
He was butt-raped by a large inmate, and he screamed.
But the guards paid no attention to his cries.
That's when things got out of control.
The moral of the date rape story, it does not pay to be drunk and horny.
But that's the way it had to be.
They locked him up and threw away the key.
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind,
even though he now takes it in the behind.
But that's the way it had to be.
They locked him up and threw away the key.
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind,
even though he now takes it in the behind.
DATE RAPE!
She didn't want to
Deliver me oh my father
From the downpressers
Set me free
Dem a trying to keep I down
But I will always prosper
Dem a trying to keep I down
But I will always ... WO
CHORUS
Got me walking on a tightrope
Can't afford to buck my toe
And as long as Babylon is my foe
I will have hope in my soul
A poor man's life don't cut no ice
With so many mouths to feed
And if my word ain't good enough
just take a look and see
CHORUS
Got me walking on a tightrope
Can't afford to buck my toe
And as long as Babylon is my foe
I will have hope in my soul
Like a drowning man who clutches a straw
Might think he's got no chance
The will of JAH can pull him through
he's a helping hand, you got that
CHORUS
Got me walking on a tightrope
Can't afford to buck my toe
And as long as Babylon is my foe
I will have hope in my soul
From the valley of dry bones I have risen
and I've got to make a change
hang my head in the clouds with conviction
Ain't no stopping now
Deliver me oh my father
CHORUS
Got me walking on a tightrope
Can't afford to buck my toe
And as long as Babylon is my foe
I will have hope in my soul
Just can't keep me down
Just can't keep me down
Just can't keep me down
Really just can't keep me
CHORUS
Got me walking on a tightrope
Never never say die
Last night I dreamed I died and that my life had
been rearranged into some kind of theme park.
And all my friends were walking up and down the boardwalk.
And my dead grandmother was selling
cotton candy out of a little shack.
And there was this big ferris wheel
about half a mile out in the ocean,
half in and half out of water.
And all my old boyfriends were on it.
With their new girlfriends.
And the boys were waving and shouting
and the girls were saying Eeek.
Then they disappeared under the surface of the water
and when they came up again they were laughing
and gasping for breath.
In this dream I'm on a tightrope
and I'm tipping back and forth trying to keep my balance.
And below me are all my relatives
and if I fall I'll crush them.
This long thin line. This song line. This shout.
The only thing that binds me to the turning world below
and all the people and noise and sounds and shouts.
This tightrope made of sound
This long thin line made of my own blood.
Remember me is all I ask.
And if remembered be a task forget me.
Remember me is all I ask.
And if remembered be a task forget me.
This long thin line. This long thin line.
This long thin line. This tightrope.
Remember me is all I ask.
And if remembered be a task forget me.
This long thin line. This long thin line.
I walk the tightrope between an angel and a Beastie Boy
I walk the tightrope between a woman and a man
I walk the tightrope between sanity and vanity and
I walk the tightrope it's far too high - it frightens me
I walk the tightrope between an angel and a Beastie Boy
I walk the tightrope between a geisha and a queen
I walk the tightrope between family and perjury
I walk the tightrope until my balance loses me
What's your last memory?
Waking up and finding me
My heart won't be used as whipping boy
My heart has lead me astray
My heart has locked me out in the dressing room
My heart still wants me to play
I walk the tightrope between an angel and a Beastie Boy
I walk the tightrope between a nightmare and a dream
I walk the tightrope between sympathy and infamy
I walk the tightrope there's always someone pushing me
What's you last memory?
Waking up and finding me
Caught up in a whirlwind can't catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat
Can't catch a turtle in this rat race
Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness spotlight on my face
There was love all around me but I was lookin' for revenge
Thank God it never found me would have been the end
Walkin' the tightrope, steppin' on my friends
Walkin' the tightrope, it was a shame and a sin
Walkin' the tightrope between wrong and right
Walkin' the tightrope both day and night
Lookin' back in front of me, the mirror's a grin
Through eyes of love I see I'm really lookin' at a friend
We've all had our problems, that's the way life is
My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends?
We've been walkin' the tightrope tryin' to make it right
Walkin' the tightrope, every day and every night
Walkin' the tightrope, bring it all around
Walkin' the tightrope from the lost to found
Walkin' the tightrope, stretched around the world
Walkin' the tightrope, save the boys and girls
Walkin' the tightrope, let's make it right
Walkin' the tightrope, do it, do it tonight
Yes I used to walk the highwire every nightYes I used to walk the tightropeBut it got too tightI walked the straight and narrow lineMy head was spinning roundI worked without a safety netBut it was such a long way down
Yes I used to walk the highwire every nightYes I used to walk the tightropeBut you need a head for heightsI walked the straight and narrow ropeMy head was spinning roundI worked without a safety netBut it was such a long way down
Oh you might have seen usIf we came to your townThis game's made for heroesAnd clownsNot thinking about tomorrowLiving for todayI never left a note sayingI'm going away
Yes I used to walk the highwire every nightYes I used to walk the tightropeBut it got too tightI walked the straight and narrow lineMy head was spinning roundI worked without a safety netBut it was such a long way down
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhh
Yes I used to walk the highwire every nightYes I used to walk the tightropeBut it got too tightI walked the straight and narrow lineMy head was spinning roundI worked without a safety netBut it was such a long way down
I'm hanging in the air
No where familiar
My head's up in the clouds
My feet don't touch the ground
So I go sky walking
And I can hear you talking
But you're not saying nothing
Feels like you're playing me
And if you really want me
You've got to reassure me
Don't try and take me for a fool
Girl, you got me walking on a tightrope
Stuck here in the middle and it's no joke
Can't you see I'm falling for you?
I keep falling at your, I keep falling at your feet
I try to keep my balance
Loving you is a challenge
Girl, you're confusing me
I need some stability
I've gotta take this step
Don't want to have regrets
Life has no safety net
So tell me you'll be there
And as you reach out for me
My life flashes before me
I'm holding on don't let me down
Girl, you got me walking on a tightrope
Stuck here in the middle and it's no joke
Can't you see I'm falling for you?
I keep falling at your, I keep falling at your feet
Girl, you got me walking on a tightrope
Stuck here in the middle and it's no joke
Can't you see I'm falling for you?
I keep falling at your, I keep falling at your feet
On this tightrope, tightrope
Said on this tightrope, tightrope
Girl, you got me hanging round
Can't you see I'm falling on my knees?
Baby, please
Can't you see I'm falling on my knees?
Baby, please
Girl, you got me walking on a tightrope
Stuck here in the middle and it's no joke
Can't you see I'm falling for you?
I keep falling at your, I keep falling at your feet
Girl, you got me walking on a tightrope
Stuck here in the middle and it's no joke
Can't you see I'm falling for you?
I keep falling at your, I keep falling at your feet
Baby, I'm down on my knees
Just keep falling at your feet
Said, I'm begging you, begging you, please
Let me tell you about a girl I know
She had a drink about an hour ago.
Sitting in a corner by herself in a bar in downtown Hell.
She heard a noise and she looked through the door.
And saw a man she'd never seen before.
Light skin light blue eyes a double chin and a plastic smile.
Well her eyebrow raised as he walked through the door
And took an empty seat next to her at the bar.
"My brand new car is parked right outside. How'd ya like to go for a ride?"
And she said."Wait a minute I have to think."
He said, "That's fine. May I please buy you a drink"
One drink turned into 3 or 4 and they left and got into his car
and they drove away someplace real far.
Now babe the time has come.
How'd ya like to have a little fun?
And she said." If we could only please be on our way, I will not run."
That's when things got out of control.
She didn't want to, he had his way.
She said, "Let's Go"
He said, "No Way!"
Come on babe it's your lucky day.
Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way.
Come on baby don't be afraid,
if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid.
He finished up and he started the car
He turned around and drove back to the bar.
He said."Now baby don't be sad, in my opinion you weren't half-bad."
She picked up a rock, threw it at the car, hit him in the head, now he's got a big scar.
Come on party people won't you listen to me.
Date Rape Stylie.
The next day she went to her drawer, looked up her local attorney at law,
went to the phone and filed the police report and then she took the guy's ass to court.
Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed, " She lies that little slut!"
The judge knew that he was full of shit and he gave him 25 years
And now his heart is filled with tears.
That night in jail it was getting late.
He was butt-raped by a large inmate, and he screamed.
But the guards paid no attention to his cries.
That's when things got out of control.
The moral of the date rape story, it does not pay to be drunk and horny.
But that's the way it had to be.
They locked him up and threw away the key.
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind,
even though he now takes it in the behind.
That's the way it had to be.
They locked him up and threw away the key.
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind,
even though he now takes it in the behind.
DATE RAPE
I woke up before the sun
Chased your ghost across the yard
Through the fog and tumbling dark 'til you were gone
Virginia, I can hardly breathe
I've forgotten how to sleep
And your face still haunts my dreams when I'm alone
So now I'm walking on a tightrope wire
Too far off the ground
I'm imagining the words you said when last I saw your mouth
Yes, I'm walking on a tightrope wire
So afraid to fall
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I'm sure it doesn't matter at all
The things I gave away
They're not coming back for me
Should've learned from my mistakes but I never do
As I lay here all alone
I hang up before I call
And admit to all my faults to pass the time
So now I'm walking on a tightrope wire
Too far off the ground
I'm imagining the words you said when last I saw your mouth
Yes, I'm walking on a tightrope wire
So afraid to fall
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I'm sure it doesn't matter at all
There's a place we used to go
Today I went alone
If there's a message in this song
Well I don't know
So now I'm walking on a tightrope wire
Too far off the ground
I'm imagining the words you said when last I saw your mouth
Yes, I'm walking on a tightrope wire
So afraid to fall
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I'm sure
Yes, I'm walking on a tightrope wire
Too far off the ground
I'm imagining the words you said when last I saw your mouth
Yes, I'm walking on a tightrope wire
So afraid to fall
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I'm sure
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I'm sure it doesn't matter at all
Grew up little kids, she just lived next door.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think she'd be a whore.
I woke up this morning, real happy with a tent.
Hoping she received all the flowers that I sent.
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
Date rape in reverse! Date rape in reverse!
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
Date rape in reverse! Date rape in reverse!
But I had a problem, ten bucks was all I had.
So I borrowed twenty more from my dear old dad.
It was seven o'clock, I knew the time was right.
If everything went my way, tonight's my lucky night.
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
Date rape in reverse! Date rape in reverse!
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
Date rape in reverse! Date rape in reverse!
Picked her up at her house, so innocent and cute.
But I didn't know all she wanted was my root.
Tuggin' at my shirt, jerkin' at my pants.
I saw a look in her eyes, I think she's in a trance.
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
Date rape in reverse! Date rape in reverse!
She was so perverse! She was so perverse!
I walk the tightrope
and tell you I love you
Even if you don't
Even if you don't
I'll say the words that I long to hear
"I hold you so dear"
I hold my breath in the moments that follow
Even though you don't
Even though you don't
And then you speak so soft I can't hear a word that
you are saying
(what are you saying?)
She's singing songs of passion
She's singing songs of silence
Her words are bolts of lightning:
"What do you see when you look at me?
Am I the one or am I just another
androgynous friend in the passing
How weak am I?
When I'm not in your bed
Do I still figure in your head
Do you think of me in the night
when you can't sleep?"
And she's singing:
"I can never be with you"
I walk the tightrope
and tell you I love you
Even if you don't
Even if you don't
I'll say the words that I long to hear
Sometimes it feels (like I'm walking on a tightrope).
I jump fast, can't last
It's too late to stop (It's too late)
Hope is only a shadow now
Sometimes it feels like I'm walking on a TIGHTROPE!
Not seeing forest through trees
Walk on the wrong side of the street
It shows, I'm beat
Sometimes it feels like I'm breaking down
Do you know what happens now?
If I was feeling sorry for myself
I'd still never let myself go
Like that, even, even if I was walking on a TIGHTROPE!
Some people slip, get bruises
Or worse they're on the street, TIGHTROPE!
(The right path might be hard to decide - the least travelled, or the most tried)
When the sun comes up and the dark goes to sleep
The forgotten of society rot
That's when grown man weep
That's when ignoring it stops
That's how we seperate like water and oil
The inner conflict that brings us all apart
There's two for the spoil, and only one for the heart
You're walking on a knife,
you can feel it bound up like a city
Stomach and your lungs fight to come up above,
but how much of it's your fault?
You couldn't have known it could have come this far unforgiven
Your choice to stand up
Your choice to lay down
But you did what you did,
and that makes you who you are
And let me tell you that's fine with me
I wish I could see the future
I stand in one spot, frozen by luck
Pinnacle of feeling, I wish I was f**ked up
Bent from the weight and my heads at hells gate,
bend to kill wake thoughts
dive into my altered states
Where nothing exists, that I think I'll miss
Where nothing exists,
that I think I'll miss
Vision can Kill just as simple as living in Fear
Some of us hear bells, some of us don't
Beyond explanation
Nothing in this world, should tip you off your scales
Nothing in this world, ever seems fair
Nothing in this world is worth seeing you fail
Nothing in this world is worth seeing you fail
And let me tell you that's fine with me
I'm up on the tightwire
one side's ice and one is fire
its a circus game with you and me
I'm up on the tightrope
one side's hate and one is hope
but the tophat on my head is all you see
And the wire seems to be
the only place for me
a comedy of errors
and I'm falling
**Chorus**
Like a rubber-neck giraffe
you look into my past
well maybe you're just to blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
ohh does it feel right
ohh the altitude
seems to get to me
I'm up on the tightwire
flanked by life and the funeral pyre
putting on a show
for you to see
**Chorus**
Like a rubber-neck giraffe
you look into my past
well maybe you're just too blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
ohh does it feel right
ohh the altitude
really gets to get to me
I'm up on the tightwire
flanked by life and the funeral pyre
Can't find yourself
If you're lost in a crowd
Can't hear advice
If you're screaming out loud
For someone please listen to me
can't figure out
What you don't understand
Can't realize
What you don't comprehend
But it's always
Been plain to see
But if you run
Too far away
Oh if you run
Don't be afraid
It's just a tightrope
Walker on fire
Razorblade wire
It's a high hope
That you acquire
It's a tightrope
Razorblade wire
Can't say hello
If you're never around
Can't pace yourself
If you never slow down
'Cause your always
Running full speed
Can't take too much
If you don't let them in
Can't feel the touch
Of a life within
If you're always
Fulfilling the need
But if you run
Too far away
Oh if you run
Don't be afraid
It's just a tightrope
Walker on fire
It's a tightrope
Razorblade wire
It's a high hope
that you acquire
It's a tightrope
Of razorblade wire
Oh if you run
Too far away
Oh if you run
Don't be afraid
It's just a tightrope
Walker on fire
It's a tightrope
Razorblade wire
It's a high hope
that you acquire
It's a tightrope
Come walk a tightrope with me
High up, with nothing but courage and gravity
We could fall
Just take my hand, hold it now
We'll keep our wits if we just don't look down, at all
We could fall
Here we go on wire round, past the edge
Daring attention, of heights we dread
Oh fall or fly
We'll never know if we don't try
I can't tell if I'm more afraid
Of this balancing string or of
simply staying the same
So give me a wire round past the edge
Daring attention of heights we dread
Oh fall or fly
We'll never know if we don't try
So lets go on a wire round, past the edge
Daring attention of heights we dread
Oh, fall or fly
We'll never know if we don't try
Oh, it's high
High time
can't you see what you do to me?
is this the way it's meant to be?
can't you just give me a second chance.
i was always there for you but you were never there for me
stop this balancing act.
i walk the thin line for you
please don't think about me
i don't want to be part of your thoughts
just leave me here to wallow
why pretend to care at all
so cold blooded as i recall
never there to catch my fall
You should have been an angel, it would've suited you
My gold-leafed triptych angel, she knows just what to do
In the half light of morning, in a world between the sheets
I swear I saw her angel wing, my vision was complete
And I know I'll never want another lover, my sweet
Can there be more in this world than the
joy of just watching you sleep?
I don't know just what to feel
Won't someone tell me my love's real?
Are we etched in stone or just scratched in the sand
Waiting for the waves to come and reclaim the land?
Will the sun shine all sweetness and light
Burn us to a cinder, our third stone satellite?
I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high
Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
I'm on a tightrope, one thing I've found
I don't know how to stop, and it's a
long, long, long, long way down
She's all that ever mattered, and all that ever will
My cup, it runneth over, I'll never get my fill
The boats in the harbour, slip from their chains
Head for new horizons, let's do the same
I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high
Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
I'm on a tightrope, one thing I've found
I don't know how to stop, and it's a tightrope baby
nine miles high
Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
I'm on a tightrope, one thing I've found
I don't know how to stop, and it's a
long, long, long, long way down
I'd grown accustomed to the touching
The stares and the umbrellas
That you held atop my hairs
When the subtle rain befell us
The acrobat safely steps
Above the safety net
Faced the lengthy stretch
And didn't even seem to sweat the place of the net
Whether the taste the grace of the final place
Or face the hated misstep
He trusts the heart string net
Will always be there dressed to catch
I make mistakes like the next but I never make regrets
I'm not upset I climbed those steps and tried to cross that thing
I don't blame you or anyone when we cut strings
But I don't look forward to interviewing the new applying sets of arms
That will catch me and protect me from the potential bodily harm
Catch me and protect me with their wit and charm
So I raise the sacred bar and take a charge across that bloody cable
Take a step into my quest and try to hold my body stable
Take a guess at futures next and wonder when I'm who's the next net to come along and try and save you
I'm game to
Talking loving and maintaining the friendship
But I know that will never fit because it will always be second best
Mothers cover their children's eyes
Children peek through it
And everyone held their breath
'Cause I was working without a net
And everyone held their breath
Caught up in a whirlwind can't catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water broke out in a cold sweat
Can't catch a turtle in this rat race
Feels like I'm losin' time at breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness spotlight on my face
There was love all around me but I was lookin' for revenge
Thank God it never found me would have been the end
(CHORUS):
(I was) walkin' the tightrope steppin' on my friends
Walkin' the tightrope (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin' the tightrope between wrong and right
Walkin' the tightrope both day and night
Lookin' back in front of me in the mirror's a grin
Through the eyes of love I see I'm really lookin' at a friend
We've all had our problems that's the way life is
My heart goeso ut to other who are there to make amends
(CHORUS)
We've been walkin' the tightrop tryin' to make it right
Walkin' the tightrope every day and every night
Walkin' the tightrope bring it all around
Walkin' the tightrope from the lost and found
Walkin' the tightrope stretched around the world
Walkin' the tightrope save the boys and girls
Walkin' the tightrope let's make it right
Walkin' the tightrope do it do it tonight
I keep dreaming that I'm falling
There's no safety net
You look up with arms wide open
Then you smile and walk away
I guess that Freud would have an answer
He'd say that I was twisted and
Confused and just insane
Couldn't blame him!
I feel like lately all the things I took for granted
Flipped and changed
Now I'm losing grip again...
Oh Oh
I'm walking a tightrope
Between who I love and what I know
Oh Oh
I'm watching the sharks lick their lips
As they circle far below...
I'd slip my skin and lose this face
If we could find a secret place to hide
Say the words I need to hear and
I would leave it all behind
My psychic says she sees disaster
My heart is begging that I take a giant leap of faith
See are you really worth the risk
Of losing everything I have
For what might be one stupid kiss?
Oh Oh
I'm walking a tightrope
Between who I love and what I know
Oh Oh
I'm watching the sharks lick their lips
As they circle far below...
I don't know why it is that you won't say you love me
I don't know what it is
I keep slipping back to you
When you're not good for me
I keep wanting what I can't have
Mr. Freud would you disagree?
Oh Oh
I'm walking a tightrope
Between who I love and what I know
Oh Oh
I'm watching the sharks lick their lips
As they circle far below...
I don't know why it is that you won't say you love me
What you want to be is what I am
How you want to feel is how I feel
But nothing stays the same when I am here
Just waiting for it all to disappear
I know, I know, I know it'll come between us
I know, I know
I'd like to get into that pretty head
Just to see, to see if you are dead
And it would amuse me just to see how
How you feel about me and this crowd
I know, I know, I know it'll come between us
I know, I know
Easing out, with my heart
Easing out, oh with my heart
Walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
You walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
But oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
Careful now, with my head
I said careful now, what you do to my head
Make your mind up, make your little mind up
To reach is oh, to reach is to oh, oh, oh,
But oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, this heart is burning up
In my head, I'm rolling over
I'm changing,
I've been the change on the swings on the set on the night that we met
And now the beads of water, move up the glass
You speak your mind, and you can not take it back
Walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
Walk a tightrope, walk a little tightrope
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh this heart is burning up
Its, it's burning up
Baby, baby, baby
From the day I saw you
I really really want to catch your eye
There's something special 'bout you
I must really like you
Cause not a lotta guys are worth my time
Ooo baby, baby, baby
It's gettin kind of crazy
Cause you are takin over my mind
And it feels like oooooo
But you don't know my name
And I swear it feels like ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
Oh baby baby baby
I see us on our first date
You're doin everything that makes me smile
And when we had our first kiss
It happened on a Thursday
Ooooo it set my soul on fire
Ooo baby baby baby
I can't wait for the first time
My imagination's runnin wild
It feels like ooooo
You don't know my name
And I swear it baby, it feels like oooo ooooo ooooo ooooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
"I'm sayin, he don't even know what he's doin' to me
Got me feelin' all crazy inside
I'm feelin like"
Owww! Ooooo Oooooo
Doin more than I've ever done for anyone's attention
Take notice of what's in front of you
Cause did I mention you're 'bout to miss a good thing
And you'll never know how good it feels to have all of my affection
And you'll never get a chance to experience my lovin'
Cause my lovin' feels like ooooooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know
And I swear it feels like oooo ooooo ooooo ooooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
Ohhh
Will you ever know it, no no no no no
Will you ever know it?
"I'm gonna have to just go ahead and call this boy.
Hello? Can I speak to -- to Michael?
Oh hey, how you doin?
Uh, I feel kinda silly doin' this,
But um, this is the waitress from the coffee house on 39th and Lennox
You know, the one with the braids?
Yeah, well I see you on Wednesdays all the time
You come in every Wednesday on your lunch break, I think
And you always order the special, with the hot chocolate
And my manager be tripping and stuff
Talking bout we gotta use water
But I always use some milk and cream for you
Cause I think you're kinda sweet.
Anyway you always got on some fly blue suit
'n your cufflinks are shining all bright
So, whatchu do? Oh, word? Yeah, that's interesting
Look man, I mean I don't wanna waste your time but
I know girls don't usually do this,
But I was wondering if maybe we could get together
Outside the restaurant one day
Cause I do look a lot different outside my work clothes
I mean we could just go across the street to the park right here
Wait, hold up, my cell phone's breakin up, hold up
Can you hear me now? Yeah
So, what day did you say?
Oh yeah, Thursday's perfect, man:."
And it feels like oooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
Baby Baby I swear it's like oooooo
You don't know my name, no no no
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
And it feels like oooo
You don't know my name
(round and round and round we go, will you ever know)
And I swear on my mother and father it feels like
Oooo ooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
Oooo ooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
Oooo ooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
You don't know my name
Rise and fall, beneath it all...
not once reaching the surface
All his dreams are borrowed,
traded for his service
Strength in numbers
Nothing alone
Rally together
Die as one
The party line makes thinking old,
his dreams are his brother's
Pride in living as he's told,
his life as every other's
Sheep in numbers
Never divide
Rally together
Die a tribe
Can't see himself, can't be himself...
just one more proud believer
Used, betrayed, thrown away...
I don't wanna wait too long
And I don't wanna break it down
The sun are sinking just like stones
It's hard for me to breathe
My mind is missing pieces of you
The fear and the pain have gone
But I'll keep holding, holding
Now I'm higher before than I've ever been
I was walking a tightrope can’t you see
But nobody wants to be alone
I was walking a tightrope
Can you catch me if I let go
As far as I can see
The world is turning out of time
Your gravity will pull me close
And that's all I'll ever need
Don’t let me fall and break in two
Cause all we are is skin and bones
So just keep holding on, So just keep holding on
And I'm higher to fall than I've ever been
I was walking a tightrope can’t you see
But nobody wants to be alone
I'll be walking a tightrope
So can you catch me if I let go
There's no way back if I let go
You’re where I’ll land
So here I go
Cause I just want to live
And I just wanna feel it
And I'm higher to fall than I've ever been
I was walking a tightrope can’t you see
But nobody wants to be alone
I was walking a tightrope
Can you catch me
{intro}
Woah
oh x 5
{verse 1}
it's like speeding down the highway
with a blind fold on
no hands on the wheel
hopin' God will lead me my way
and I know he real
so my grandma say what I
feel a sweat from the sun
cause I work construction
I gotta take care of my son
I got one in the oven on the way
rents late, two months
cause my land lord talks too much
hands full of calises
and I still got the magic touch to make wifee blush
I been workin' it out since a high school crush
fix on the clutch
minds on my money
but my money ain't there
but I will not resort to welfare I care
can't stop
won't stop
couldn't even do it if I tried
if I said I did I'd die
let's ride x 2
ride...
{chorus}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
I could really use a favour
could I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)
{verse 2}
Christmas here
I'm taking time and a half
gotta make that cash
even if a nigger gotta drive that cab
I'm gonna treat it like a limo
didn't know? y'better ask
somebody told me
closed mouths don't eat
closed eyes may never ever see
so I try with everything I've got to not sleep
but it's hard to run if at first you don't creep
after work take the long way home
see a lotta whips stick out in chrome
thinkin about a house but I can't get along
so I day dream on my way back to my zone
thinkin about my son look when he full grown
will he be raised right or another street clone?
everything I know God knows gotta shown
lettim know he is not alone
he on x 2
on...
{chorus: Estelle}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
really use a favour
can I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)
{verse 3}
It's like uh,
drownin' in a world o' failure
I can't stop 'til my suits are tailored
well
I really can't trust my neighbours
some
only trust in the Lord to save me
gotta believe in the fact
that he must want better for us
like young C gotta do it for us
my car broke down
f*** the bus
f*** the million
f*** the city laws are unjust
it's like why do I try
when I feel I'm gonna die
without a tear left in my eye?
I work the hard to see the lease
it's like cultivating the harvest
not seeing the feast
I don't wanna get philosophical go-to deed
I have faith but I'm afraid to take the lead
most of what I know
I know holds me back
instead of learning
I want that lack
come on x 4
{chorus: Kard/Estelle extended chorus}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
I could really use a favour
can I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)
{dialogue outro}
yo cuz
why you takin' me to the water d?
I mean
shit is peaceful
I mean this real romantic
you know I'm not into that shit?
right?
{outro spit}
some of my friends are terrorists
some of my friends deal crack and I am not OK with this
some niggers I know only back me because I rake dough like a gardner
and fuck it I work harder
I don't like most hip hop out
there's a secret society of niggers who wanna shout
"turn that bullshit off!"
I should shut my mouth?
next thing you know I ain't welcome down south
of the border
I don't believe in turfs or a section
I believe in community
where anybody can walk good without protection
I believe that Dyla was the numba one dude in rap
but there on the slaps of haikus
I spite you for not givin' it up
fuck what that nigger say, nigger give it up
why black people act like little kids?
make mad excuses when they know what it is
be like them white folks invest that shit
instead niggers clownin' on the red carpet
showing my neice that a million on the neck
is the hot shit
is bloodclocked disrespect
and growin' up poor don't make you ignant
act your age
don't act your pigment
race to the top
don't let your race stop you
from revolution
open your mouth and bust shots
read books
young niggers say "hello,"
screw faces an' fuck me we know you spawns jello
spit what you been through
spit what you know
and don't waste my time
fuck your demo
You wanna walk a tightrope
To see how well you would cope
As your glidin' by on thin air
Better be careful when you're up there
'Cause who will be your trampoline
Bounce the ideas from your crazy dreams
When as reckless as they seem
So don't be careful with what you would tear
You're too young to be too sensible
You're too young to be a child
And a dream is not dispensable
So be crazy and be wild
The circus leaves your town today
Do you dream perhaps to run away?
They could try to tame your tiger heart
So jet for the jungle before they even start
You're too young to be too sensible
You're too young to be a child
And a dream is not dispensable
You better be crazy and be wild
Coz I'll be your safety net on the ground
And you wanna walk a tightrope
And if they tell you you've got no hope
You're too young to be too sensible
Remember, you're too young to be too sensible
Remember you're too young
Just so young
if I'm not workin or puttin work in
I'm either wheelin and dealin
or probably jerkin my (censored)
yep listenin to nothin, takin no suggestions
all destructive criticisms, that can't improve on perfection
rock a crowd in sections on a good night.. the hoes fight
always get the dough first then everything else goes right
at least that's what they say and who the fuck is they?
make a hick say "what the hey?" brought that chick from sick bay
Henson he shoulda asked his upperclassmen
before he bust blast and never trust no Kardassian
captains log supplemental
the Klingons are now aboard the enterprise rental vessal
on my cue photon torpedo
oh and if I'm not on the block with Jorgito
and so on for the street though
smoke a pound of leak though
I'm jokin on the fact that hiphop has gone freak show
don't let the drama getcha
in the only genre of music where the fans shoot the messenger
bitch niggaz talk behind ya back like a catcher
either M-Y-O-B or B-Y-O stretcher
in that order, man, woman ,son, daughter
the beat sound like the underwater, make it from the slaughter
even if you hear some wack shit you never give a chance
some shit sound like all you could do on fit is riverdance
it's not a hobby, don't be sloppy
doin deals with these labels is likened to a botched robbery
nobody supposed to get bodied...golly
this shit is like a folly bout to cold flip probably
it's not me he got a ill spills knot in brooknon
where even though kids kill they still chill and look calm
while workin' on new developments for the book bomb
in one bad experiment it blew and took a hooker arm (arm and leg)
BOW! look mom.. no hand
studied black magic for years out in no man's land
it's like a barbecue all swine cookout
to fuck up they plans like a blind man look out
cram to overstand it, peep it and absorb it
the same way he keep all the planets in they proper orbit
Norbert y'all better off goin corporate
nobody wanna hear that bullshit it's too morbid
it's no prints he hold the mic with a mic glove
and rolls dolo from state to state like Ike Love
like on top of the world loser keep it gully
rap creeps seem they got too much juice in they belly
it's why they brung V he still hungry
and spit something thick on the mic like a lungie
mind ya daughter she on line for the water
to get lucky like when she found a quater kinda sorta
remember me God, clean timbs with emery board?
he only came to save the game like a memory card
ooh shrewd, alot of crews is too rude
and it's way too many let's not and say we do dudes
he said 24-7 I be on call
he use his vacation days to watch Babylon fall
numbskulls.. get ta steppin they dumb dull
and how he rep the mic is like the weapon from Krull
cats be like what's wrong with your man black?
biohazard suit and bandgrap for the anthrax
jeez and can't get no peace
form blazin sword for the police robeast
Cochise, write a rhyme like a book report
and sell it to a rookie you could tell by the hook he bought
you ain't know he sell hooks and choruses?
they couldn't bang slang if they looked in thesauruses
it's like a friendly game of dodge ball
oddball gaurd y'all, he played the garage wall
with the Stan Smith's checkerboard lace
and the brand new INF they ain't check the broad waist
you saw his face? so who next to get they neck chopped
or popped like a Beck's top, respect the drop
it's too much wreck hops
who next to get they neck chopped
or popped like a Beck's top, respect the drop
woopdie-do flows do fifty like a hooptie do
groupie crews try to figure out from what coop he flew
they outta place, beats sounds like outer space
Spent so many nights up on this tightrope
Trying to hold, trying to hold
Trying to balance everything you can find
Oh it's a heavy load, it's a heavy load
So when you gonna stop and look around
And try to realize that you're doing fine
Like when you think it will come crashing down
You may come to find it's all up in your mind
You will see, there may be
Some things to rely upon
When everything that feels right is wrong
Spend some time, you will find
You'll never be on your own
Someone will be there to show you on your way
Someone will be there, don't you know
All these day they feel the same after some time
Trying to find, trying to find
Something that will satisfy your weary mind
And feel alive, to feel alive
I said when you gonna stop and look around
Try to realize that you're doing fine
Like when you think it will come crashing down
You may come to find it's all up in your mind
You will see, there may be
Some things to rely upon
When everything that feels right is wrong
Spend some time, you will find
You'll never be on your own
Someone will be there to show you on your way
You will see, there may be
Some things to rely upon
When everything that feels right is wrong
Spend some time, you will find
You'll never be on your own
Someone will be there to show you on
You will see, there may be
Some things to rely upon
Everything that feels right is wrong
Spend some time, you will find
You'll never be on your own
Someone will be there to show you on your way
It's so out of sight
This time, this place
This space in the open
Where we would lay
Outside the sky is black
In the middle of July
Unstable nature
Damn our behaviours
When the clouds will part
The leaves will pop
Their nested drops
Under curtains of pouring light
Take shelter in summer
Nothing's safe anymore
"There's no more weather"
Mutters the old bore
"But I like to sit in the rain"
Says Anna behind the glass
Her mother's in pain
"Don't go out on your own, darling"
When the clouds will part
The leaves will pop
Their nested drops
Under curtains of pouring light
A window has broken
Shattered open
We had to blind it
And now the hall is dark
Neon light in summer
Chill out or simmer
There's no more weather
But in our school books
When the clouds will part
The leaves will pop
Their nested drops
Under curtains of pouring light
When the clouds will part
Don't wait for me
I will stay long
Under this sun
I was born on a tightrope, bright with hope and oblivious
I could not keep my eyes closed, now I know we are hideous
Grinning from ear to ear...
Take me away from here like you said
And I will be grateful with what I have left
Dance in the aisle for me and hold out your hand
And take me away my dear
I grew up in a lifeboat tied to shore by the winter wind
I was made to be set afloat not star of the show ever glittering
In center ring, not a clue...
Take me away from here like you said
And I will be grateful with what I have left
Dance in the aisle for me and hold out your hand
And take me away my dear
I am not at the end though, I wont go at the peak or near
I will die in a foxhole, arm to shoulder with atheist
Praying just, lord not here...
Take me away from here like you said
And I will be grateful with what I have left
Dance in the aisle for me and hold out your hand
I'm in envy of addicts
You're obsessed with stars
Don't, don't you sound
So excited
Showing me your vanity
Whisper it once, just a little bit
Come on, whisper it twice
I can't stand to see
The spotlight shine
One more night
It's killing me to see you
Just tie the rope
Oh, and kick the chair
Just leave me hanging there
Gasping for air, yeah
Don't mind me
Three feet from the ceiling
You'd rather watch me drown
Then see your hands get wet
You took the plot from stage to screen
And turned it to
Epic scene
So, whisper it once, tell me again
Come on, whisper it twice
I can't stand to see
My whole life flash
Before my eyes
When I'm with you, there's
No point in breathing
No point in breathing
Just tie the rope
Oh, and kick the chair
Just leave me hanging there
Gasping for air, yeah
Don't mind me
Three feet from the ceiling
I think I know, whoa, whoa
Why you never get too close
It's 'cause you're too scared to
When I'm with you there's
No point in breathing
So, so you run away
For no apparent reason
'Cause you and I are
Changing with the seasons
You give me an answer
As to why you're leaving
The table's full
No one's been dealing
So fold your hand
Go on and fold your hand
Just tie the rope
Oh, and kick the chair
Just leave me hanging there
Gasping for air, yeah
Don't mind me
Three feet from the ceiling
I think I know, whoa, whoa
Why you never get too close
It's 'cause you're too scared to
When I'm with you there's
No point in breathing
No point in breathing
Tightrope, blank sheet
Everything could change today
Look ahead, don't look away
It's a fine line to a single point
A deaf ear, a blind eye
Red handed with your head in the sand
But thoughts get lost again like letters
And soon our car sick minds will pull over
Just let it go, just let it go
Just walk in a straight line, just let it go
We've been keeping it down, we've been holding it down
Just walk in a straight line, just let it go
Tightrope, from there to here
There was never a point of return
It cries out through our telephones
We know it all but we don't know how to use it
Heartbeat, fast luck
Everything could change today
But thoughts get lost again like letters
And soon our car sick minds will pull over
Just let it go, just let it go
Just walk in a straight line, just let it go
We've been keeping it down, we've been holding it down
Just walk in a straight line, just let it go
Just let it go, just let it go
Just walk in a straight line, just let it go
We've been keeping it down, we've been holding it down
I didn't fight my, my way out Of the suburbs, to drown in the mud Of the city, that offers all But gives no reason, when you fall
On a tightrope That is eager to break On a tightrope Spun from the dues that I paid Walking on a tightrope And I can't see the ground On a tightrope But I'm not looking down
I had to hate you, to love you more But I can't forgive that, you made me pour Out every ounce of, blood so true And made me break my, my cardinal rule
Whispered leaves on swaying trees and
Mysteries define
Summer nights of endless light
Remind us of the line that's
Yours & Mine
Thoughts of green and breezes mean
I'm growing from a stem
Missing dirt on my T-shirt
You'll move a little closer but the moving isn't over if it's
Them & You & Me
Stringing electricity
And the rest of it is waiting under
When it overflows
Taking us where no one knows
We remember when we fell into the trap
Midnight air is unprepared for
Thoughts we would condemn
Silence of the stars above
In any other weather
We would try to stay together but it's
Them & You & Me
Stringing electricity
And the rest of it is waiting under
When it overflows
Taking us where no one knows
We remember when we fell into the trap
Mother & Fathers without
Will doubt
Brother to brother another
Hold out
Imagine a world if the numbers would take some
Time out
Me without you & you without
I want to break out of this abstracting pattern of layers but it's
