Let Go The Line

(M & L--Watkinson) i see you there in your satin shirt & unfocussed eyes on the ceiling fluorescent lips on a painted face & i think i know what you're feeling this tightrope just begins to feel like home when the wind comes rising from a desert storm and all i know is that tonight i might & let go the line, let go the line unwrap yourself for a starving man & come drown your thoughts if they bite you turn off the world if it makes you hurt & i'm just a clown but i like you i see you there in your satin shirt & unfocussed eyes on the ceiling a trace of smile on a frozen face & i think i know what you're stealing life has been likened to a poker deal or a poor brief candle or a karmic wheel and all i know is that tonight i might & let go the line, let go the line