Something That Will Make Your Day... Better

The line that ties me

The walls are talking and the only person to hear me is nearly gone. I stand by your bedside on the edge of words I can't say for the fear that I might fall.

Maybe I'm afraid that the pictures that I paint won't capture the beauty of you.

And the last thing that you'll hear is the silence in your ears as I sink beneath the weight of it all.

I could call you my lover, call you a beast,

Call you the island, where faith doesn't reach.

Call you a lion, call you a man,

You're the line that ties me to things.

I don't understand.

Your smile as you wither, is as pretty as the picture,

You wouldn't sell to the lady next door.

You tell me music and art, it doesn't have a price,

It's for the heart, I should give it away,

Use it for the freedom of us all.

I could call you my lover, call you a beast,

Call you the island, where faith doesn't reach.

Call you a lion, call you a man,

You're the line that ties me to things.

I don't understand...

-Julia Stone