Stornoway Man On Wire
I had been planning
For a winding line to take me to a coast of dreamers
I was careering
Just a flash of red
Running over railway sleepers
Now i'm nearer you I'm lifted to a higher plane
Where the main line is a slack line
And i'm balancing my weight
Putting one foot then the other, a slow dance to the rising sun
As i take a step from the ledge
You keep me hanging on invisible threads
In a solitary burning dream
I've been suspended
Right over your head
In the growing space here between our crowded buildings
Like a figurine poised as the towers sway
From a headline to a blank page and a silence of the airways
I move one foot then the other and place my faith in the web you spun
As I take a step from the ledge
You keep me hanging on invisible threads
In a solitary burning dream
I've been suspended
When the morning mist lifts away
You see me reaching for invisible threads
For a momentary burning dream I'll be remembered
I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun
I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun
I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun
I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun
