a recent discovery and now, favorite lyric…
you’re on a highwire
and i’m climbing out
and i feel the danger as i
steal a kiss from your mouth
and will try to hold steady
make you believe that the
height of the tightrope is just
second nature to me
but i will break all my bones
’cause i lied about the vertigo
and i have never been up this high
there’ll be no safety net
when i fall right out of the sky
there will be no ambulance waiting and
i’ve no wings to fly
so we’ll meet on the borders
barefoot and blessed
in colorful graveyards
with flower bouquets for the dead
and i don’t ask you to promise i
won’t come to harm
but when the wind tugs my courage
be my brother in arms
’cause i’ will break all my bones
’cause i lied about the vertigo
and i have never been up this high
there’ll be no safety net
when i fall right out of the sky
there will be no ambulance waiting and
i’ve no wings to fly
oh the view from this height
high above the ferris wheel lights
might ’cause me to sway
but i’m teaching myself to be brave
’cause i’ will break all my bones
’cause i lied about the vertigo
and i have never been up this high
there’ll be no safety net
when i fall right out of the sky
there will be no ambulance waiting and
i’ve no wings to fly
– vertigo
by anje duvekot, mark erelli (ASCAP)