Okay so it can't be right
I cry and try and think and fight
Okay so I need some help
But they can't fix the way I feel

Just one day, just one second
Maybe just a minute feel no pain

Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)
Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)

Okay so I don't think like
You do it's not my fault
Okay I still try to find
That fitting missing part

Just one day, just one second
Maybe just a minute feel no pain

Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)
Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)

Something keeps me hanging round
I guess my mother made me strong
Crawling through this jungle from
This puzzle I come from

Just one day, just one second
Maybe just a minute feel no pain

Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)
Oh, I walk the line
Black the sky
(Black the sky)



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Black the Sky Lyrics as written by Jerry Wayne Gaskill Douglas Theodore Pinnick

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    One of many personal journey songs from Dug.

    When the song was written, he hadn't come out of the closet yet, but it seems clear that's what's at issue here. Dug has talked a lot in interviews -- and in his songs -- about his struggle to fit in. As a Christian he'd have heard many anti-gay messages, and the verses all seem to reflect his reaction to those messages: "ok so it can't be right I cry and try and think and fight ok so I need some help but they can't fix the way I feel" ... and especially: "ok so I don't think like you do it's not my fault ok I still try to find that fitting missing part"

    Having your nature collide with the messages you've long accepted has got to hurt, hence: "just one day just one second, maybe just a minute feel no pain"

    You hear the pain and frustration again in the chorus "oh, I walk the line, black the sky". He's fighting his nature and remaining in his dark closet. But it's taking a superhuman effort and is sucking the life out of him.

    TenaciousDirkon March 10, 2009   Link

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