Red Line

Maybe I don't seem to love you like I should
Would have taken time to hold your smile if I could
But I languished in my steady old demise
Watched you lose your nerve and fold beneath your spine

Maybe I appear brave in my own skin
But in truth, I'm in a hedonistic spin
Now you've suffered from my cold heart and you're through
No more pleasing lies, they're not enough for you

I'm walking on the red line, and I know I'm out of time
But there's a shimmer in the distance, a glimmer that we'll be fine
I'm walking on the red line, jumping over the land mines
And I hope that we will laugh at this in a while

Maybe I have never let my true guard down
Never known a man who'd search beneath the clown
But you used up your resources, you've checked out
Wish I'd broken rank and washed my poor head out

I'm walking on the red line, and I know I'm out of time
But there's a shimmer in the distance, a glimmer that we'll be fine
I'm walking on the red line, jumping over the land mines
And I hope that we will laugh at this in a while

If in doubt oh please remember, the shape that we were in
Let's take it back to the start again
If in doubt oh please remember, when we were digging in
Life was a little brighter then
Come on my love oh please remember, the shape that we were in
Let's take it back to the start of it
Come on my love oh please remember, when we were digging in
Life was a little lighter then

I'm walking on the red line, and I know I'm out of time
But there's a shimmer in the distance, oh a glimmer that we'll be fine
I'm walking on the red line, jumping over the land mines
And I hope that we will laugh at this in a while

I'm walking on the red line, walking I'm walking
I'm walking on the red line, walking I'm walking
I'm walking on the red line, walking I'm walking
I'm walking on the red line, walking I'm walking