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Tightrope Walker Lyrics
She says, "I'm dying everyday, would you save me?"
"Would you pick me up and out of this pain?"
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey. This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you.
She says, "I'm praying everyday, but no one hears me"
"No one gives a fuck about me and my pain."
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my heart wants to beat at all."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you...sleep.
I was just watching you... sleep
I was just watching you wave me goodbye.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep... I was just watching you.
"Would you pick me up and out of this pain?"
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall."
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you.
"No one gives a fuck about me and my pain."
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my heart wants to beat at all."
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you... sleep
I was just watching you wave me goodbye.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep... I was just watching you.
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absolutely divine.. i think it is about him caring for her but her being so defensive and accusing and not letting him in - from the chorus especially.. she is clearly really down and feels she needs to be saved and that no one cares about her and her life is pointless.. she keeps letting him go because maybe she doesn' believe her really loves her or doesn't have enough faith in herself, doesn't think she is good enough etc.. gorgeous song, wow!
i could not agree more with Amz and djskein. Well said.
It is such a damn beautiful song. It brings me to tears. I miss you, damn i miss you.
At first I thought this song was about a severly troubled girl, perhaps depressed. "She's a tightrope walker" because she's on the edge of life, the tightrope, I imagined, was a metaphor for life. The guy was telling her to relax and help her through it. Only problem is he's the streets below, which would put him in death according to that. However, that does work if he is already dead and this is about her struggling through his passing? That would explain why she waved him goodbye. He's watching over her in death? And the third and final is the one Amz was saying. Sorry to write an essay on it :P
you should go to the epicure homepage sometime, they had the clip to tightrope walker there a while ago. anyway, i love epicure to death, they would have to be my favourite band and it is a shame that they are not well known enough but i think this song is about careing for someone dearly and being locked out no matter what you do. i love this song. if you want a good epicure song try last dance
i personally love that epicure hasnt been turned into a big circus parade. it means you can appreciate it without it being made into a huge public thing, u kno?
neway wat i LOVE about this song is that there is no interpretation. i think everyone is right, its about depression, love, pain, heartache, death.....its brilliant either way
what if by saying that he's the streets below he's inferring that he wants to help her as she falls, that will try to save her, but if she falls really he wont be able to save her. at the end of the day, its a beautiful song with such a sad and touching meaning. love it!
oh so agreeing with u all this song is amazing
it sends shivers down my spine: 'Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall.' deeeeeep
I feel this song is about anorexia and the struggle to deal with the torture of it...it means alot to me..
amazing