Track Insight / Lyrics
He walks the cable where the Ferris sleeps
Rusted cars hold secrets that they keep
Maple leaves drift past his worn boots
Gravity forgets its heavy roots
No net below to catch the fall
Just stripped paint on a wooden wall
His balance is a prayer he knows
Where the holy and the hollow goes
High wire autumn holds its breath
Between the living and the death
One foot forward, then the next
No crowd remains to be impressed
High wire autumn, cold and clear
The only sound he needs to hear
Carousel horses freeze mid-air
Chipped teeth grinning, tangled hair
Cotton candy stands stripped bare
Sugar dust on empty air
He passes where the lovers swore
Promises the wind tore
No net below to catch the fall
Just stripped paint on a wooden wall
His balance is a prayer he knows
Where the holy and the hollow goes
High wire autumn holds its breath
Between the living and the death
One foot forward, then the next
No crowd remains to be impressed
High wire autumn, cold and clear
The only sound he needs to hear
Funhouse mirrors crack in frost
Reflections of a season lost
He sees himself in fractured glass
Each step a mass, each pause a mass
The tightrope hums a hymn tune low
Only ex-choir kids would know
Altos hum in minor thirds
Half-remembered, half-heard words
No organ swells, no stained glass light
Just wire walking through the night
His arms extend like blessed wings
Catching what the season brings
High wire autumn holds its breath
Between the living and the death
One foot forward, then the next
No crowd remains to be impressed
High wire autumn, cold and clear
The only sound he needs to hear
Platform reaches, platform nears
End of season, end of years
He steps down on splintered wood
Leaves the wire where it stood
Coat collar turned against the chill
Walking slow, walking still
High wire autumn holds its breath
Between the living and the death
One foot forward, then the next
No crowd remains to be impressed
High wire autumn, cold and clear
The only sound he needs to hear
High wire autumn, cold and clear
The only sound he needs to hear
Wire hums in minor key
Autumn walks home quietly
