New version of a song from 1995. This doesn't quite capture what I want; it still needs a bunch of work. The 'Synth Pluck' sound represents the vocal melody.
This song's about feeling stuck, like you're not moving forward in life. It's a feeling that I've been all too familiar with throughout my adulthood. It's been 28 years since I wrote this, and most of the sentiments expressed in the lyrics still apply.
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I am not used to being in a situation I can't win
But now I'm under attack
I feel like I have just begun a race I'm not cut out to run
And something's holding me back
All of the walls are closing in, the air around me getting thin
And it's too dark to see
I'm trying hard to catch my breath, feels like I'm stuck between life and death
And they're both calling to me
There's a fine, fine line that I walk all the time
And it's getting thinner day by day
And if it should break, how much more can I take
Before my sanity fades away
If I could show you how it feels to want to ride, but have no wheels
Then would you understand?
Guess you could say I'm paralyzed, but in a way, I'm not surprised
Though it's not what I had planned
There's a fine, fine line that I walk all the time
And it's getting thinner day by day
And if it should break, how much more can I take
Before my sanity fades away
And I know that my greatest enemy
Is staring in the mirror right back at me
He knows my weaknesses all too well
And he knows the secrets that I never tell
The future never looks bright to me
'Cause it's always full of uncertainty
And every day is filled with doubt
And that's one thing that I can do without
Now that I have run out of youth, I can't escape the awful truth
That I've been holding at bay
As long as fear is still alive, then this paralysis will thrive
And in these chains I will stay
There's a fine, fine line that I walk all the time
And it's getting thinner day by day
And if it should break, how much more can I take
Before my sanity fades away
Before it fades away
