Walking the Line

Verse 1

She drifts through the doorway smelling of smoke and sin

A cocktail of somebody else on her skin

Her eyes find me like a blade already drawn

And the words come out sharp before the night is gone

Pre-Chorus

I'm teetering on the edge

One breath from the fall

Chorus

You come in reeking

You aim to break me

Every syllable a bullet you save just for me

I'm walking the line

I'm walking the line

Verse 2

A hint of alcohol on every cruel refrain

You fire your sweet venom like it's nothing but a game

But I've been counting bruises nobody else can see

And I'm one more bad sentence from leaving this misery

Pre-Chorus

I'm teetering on the edge

One breath from the fall

Chorus

You come in reeking

You aim to break me

Every syllable a bullet you save just for me

I'm walking the line

I'm walking the line

Bridge

Deadly precision in your pretty little mouth

You aim at my chest then you point me south

But I still stand here swaying on the wire

Waiting for the spark to catch this fire

Chorus

You come in reeking

You aim to break me

Every syllable a bullet you save just for me

I'm walking the line

I'm walking the line

Outro

Walking the line

Walking walking the line

Mm-hmm