Thin Red Line

Saw an old man on a high wire, trying to prove himself one lost time
Guess he just lost his balance; it was windy up that high
Saw it all on my TV screen, whole thing was broadcast live
I almost wept when I saw him step over the thin red line

Over the line

She didn't see her face in the mirror with the expression of the dead
As her fingers held the razor, leaving everything in shreds
Cutting off communication, cutting classes, killing time
In its wake the razor's trace leaves only a thin red line

Only a line
Oh, only a line

I want to drop all of this pretence of thinking I understand
Stop all this common sense before it gets out of hand
People whistling in dark; we never let it cross our minds
'Til the brakes squeal you white knuckle the wheel, crossing over the thin red line

Oh, oh
Only a line

Lazarus, tell my brother there is so little time
I woke up from a bad dream with this ringing in my mind
Watching the pendulum swing like you could measure the stuff with time
Some say we hang by a spider's thread, I say it's only a thin red line

Thin red line

Oh, it's only a line
Thin red line
Yeah
I'm gonna cross that line
Oh, gonna cross that line
You gotta cross that line
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