To the Wire

I see you across the room

Can't say hi, it's too soon

Don't know why this doesn't fit

I try and try, still I can't make it

The world is wide, where's my corner?

Somewhere to hide, somewhere to flow from

People here are all so friendly

They smile and smile, still they can't see me

And I thought that I'd made it so far

But I'm right back down to the wire

Act your age, quit your stalling

Turn the page, heed your calling

Are you the dance or the dancer?

You ask and ask and still no answer

And you thought that you'd made it so far

But you're right back down to the wire

So come on now, blow my cover

Bend my knees, be my other

There's still a place you can't take me

There're still some things you can't make me

And we thought that we'd made it so far

But we're right back down to the wire