The Line

She was the first one to go I'll be back for you, the final words she spoke He was the second one to leave Whispered, don't you worry Because time is a warm dark circle Day is returned to the looping of the line Night is only a passing thing We'll be back again when it's right So I take it casually now Got a new lease on the light I quit my job, I don't put fires out It's not the way to save a life Oh, I stripped my body Of the hurt locker kind I quit the ticking and The clipping of the wires I no longer clock the time 'Cause it's all just a long dark circle Day is returned to the looping of the line Night is only a passing thing We'll be back again sometime So I'm off, well I'm sailing out Gotta find some better light You track the wake, and you'll find what I'm about I'll be back when it's right Well, I stripped my body Of all that made it mine Quit the slipping on the fingers of the dial I no longer take up time 'Cause it's all just a long dark circle Day is return to the looping of the line Dying is only a passing thing We'll be back again sometime We'll be back again when it's right