Man on Wire - Stornoway

I had been planning

For a winding line to take me to a coast of dreamers

I was careering

Just a flash of red

Running over railway sleepers

Now i’m nearer you I’m lifted to a higher plane

Where the main line is a slack line

And i’m balancing my weight

Putting one foot then the other, a slow dance to the rising sun

As i take a step from the ledge

You keep me hanging on invisible threads

In a solitary burning dream

I’ve been suspended

Right over your head

In the growing space here between our crowded buildings

Like a figurine poised as the towers sway

From a headline to a blank page and a silence of the airways

I move one foot then the other and place my faith in the web you spun

As I take a step from the ledge

You keep me hanging on invisible threads

In a solitary burning dream

I’ve been suspended

When the morning mist lifts away

You see me reaching for invisible threads

For a momentary burning dream I’ll be remembered

I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun

I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun

I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun

I put one foot then the other a slow dance to the rising sun