THIN RED LINE

THIN RED LINE

Why do you watch me slowly fade away to nothing,

A shadow on the wall of your life,

Never holding any substance,

Less than your woman,

Less than your wife?

Today I spent wondering where we went wrong,

Why we’ve done nothing to break up this lousy home.

I’m behind a thin red line,

Where there’s not any passion,

And not enough heat to call it hate.

Wait, wait,

there’s a thin red line on the floor between us,

Who drew that, you or me?

And if I step over it,

Will that step set me free?

What’s left to fight for?

What’s left to run from?

There’s nothing to make me leave,

And nothing to make you come home.

There’s a thin red line,

Where a heart is bleeding,

Yours or mine?

Isn’t it time one of us took a stand

To make this house a home,

Make this marriage work, or leave it alone?

But how can we find the time,

When you’re never here and I am trapped behind this thin red line?

If you’re not looking at me as your queen,

Then am I your slave?

If you’re not giving me your heart,

Where are you keeping the love I gave?

You’re not crossing this line where my love has poured out,

Until there’s nothing left to give or take.

My love has poured away to nothing,

Leaving a thin red line that should be easy to cross.

Yet you won’t come over,

And that’s my loss.

What kind of dare will it take to make you cross this thin red line,

Help you find me on the other side

Find my heart lying helpless with nothing left to hide,

Not one ache, not one tear, not one hope left to give?

How do I continue to live?

I crossed a thin red line,

And I’m still locked away from you.

What can I do?

My breath is gone,

My lonely heart barely lingers on.

I crossed a thin red line to worship at your feet.

Laid my heart across this thin red line and you never noticed me.

I’m trapped behind this line with you,

And what remains?

Open a vein,

What does it matter?

What have I got to lose?

Is there anything you didn’t get when you dragged me behind these doors,

Dragged me to the floor,

Left me to lie alone

Behind this thin red line called love?