On The Wire (song)

On The Wire was on the B-side of the 12" Walk Away single, released in October 1984. Music & Lyrics: Andrew Eldritch

On The Wire

Now the ground comes up too fast
Too fast to meet you
In colours of dust erupting
Thick around your feet, be careful
In the rubble in shrouds in waiting
Wall to wall to where you tread
Now the quick and the dead and the same old
Fates come calling cards away
How do you think it came to pass you
By the hard way by desire
How do you think it came to pass you by?
On the wire

I don't sleep so I don't dream so I don't
Wake up frightened
Everything is what it seems if
You look deep enough tonight and
See ...

On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not fall
On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not fall

On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not fall
On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not fall
On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not fall
On the wire, on the wire, on the wire I will not ....

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