A Painful Desire

Jolene, my friend, we were driftin' alone You're drowning in pillows, I stood up till dawn We got lost in the middle of what we love the most Black shades grow longer across cracked walls Sometimes I miss when we're scattered and wild Pretending to be real beyond closing time It's like running on a wire between truth and lise Where pain can fall deeper, so deeper inside Jolene it's a tightrope we can't walk behind But keep on moving along this thin line To live, and not to survive It's a demon, a painful desire A painful desire Sometimes I miss all those scattered, raw days and loose nights I lived by your side Jolene it's a tightrope we're holdin' our frailties to tight To live not to die With painful desires, painful desires Painful desires Jolene it's a tightrope we can't walk behind But keep on moving along this thin line To live, and not to survive With painful desires, painful desires Painful desires, painful desires To live, not to die