[Verse 1]
Tripping on a tightrope, pulling me far
Holding on a loose game; am I trying too hard?
Ripping at my loose hairs, sweating in dust
Toeing on a bad dream; am I rotting in rust?
Tripping on a tightrope, pulling me far
Holding on a loose game; am I trying too hard?
Ripping at my loose hairs, sweating in dust
Toeing on a bad dream; am I rotting in rust?
[Pre-Chorus]
I could really love you, babe
But only if you let me stay
Don’t let me just walk away
Hearts aren’t always made to break
[Chorus]
Don’t look down
Keeping my eyes wide
And I won't fall
Pavement bound
But not this time
And I'm
Walk the rope
Eat my dust and choke
Tell myself to
Stand up right
Can’t hold on tight
And I’m
[Verse 2]
Tripping on a tightrope, pulling me far
Holding on a loose game; am I trying too hard?
Ticking on a time bomb, spit on the stars
Choking on a fast fade and it’s leaving me raw
Tripping on a tightrope, pulling me far
Holding on a loose game; am I trying too hard?
Ticking on a time bomb, spit on the stars
Choking on a fast fade and it’s leaving me raw
[Pre-Chorus]
I could really love you, babe
But only if you let me stay
Don’t let me just walk away
Hearts aren’t always made to break
[Chorus]
Don’t look down
Keeping my eyes wide
And I won't fall
Pavement bound
But not this time
And I
Walk the rope
Eat my dust and choke
Tell myself to
Stand up right
Can’t hold on tight
And I’m
[Bridge]
Lately I’ve had dreams of only you
In all of them we only speak the truth
[Chorus]
Don’t look down
Keeping my eyes wide
And I won't fall
Pavement bound
But not this time
And I'm
Walk the rope
Eat my dust and choke
Tell myself to
Stand up right
Can’t hold on tight
And I’m
Don’t look down
Keeping my eyes wide
And I won't fall
Pavement bound
But not this time
And I'm
[Outro]
And I'm
And I'm
Tightrope was written by jesse saint john & LPX & James Flannigan.
Tightrope was produced by James Flannigan.
She tells Billboard:
I’m here to assert myself – harder, louder and stronger – as a woman and an artist. A force to be reckoned with, wrapped in amplified distortion, emotion and chaos. To create music that rips through your speakers and shakes you to your core, the kind of music that gets into you...
In 2011, Plapinger started the band MS MR with producer Max Hershenow. Together they released the albums “Secondhand Rapture” (2013) and “How Does It Feel” (2015).
Just a week before the release of “Tightrope”, MS MR announced they’d be taking a hiatus “to focus on exploring and developing other mu...
To VEVO, Plapinger explained how the song was interpreted in the music video:
This song is about wrestling with the dizzying highs and lows of throwing oneself wholly with heart, body and mind, towards a risk. For the video I wanted to explore translating that internal battle into a physical one, c...