The Mainline

from Grace in the Blue by The English Wraith

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Born like birds, we fly away, we’re made to stray
Save your excuses when the sun shines
On the mainline
Now open up those eyes, you'll recognize
You'll see it rising in a straight line
Oh the mainline

Oh but I remember in a passing way
When you would shine
you'd have the whole world wanting you at your display
But who would know the truth
if everyone gets answered at the same time
by the mainline

How was I made for this, devoid of bliss
The emptiness within the same lines
Of the mainline
Go wander through the sand, travel the land
Your shadow stands, but what did you find
of the mainline

Oh how I longed to take you dancing in the rain
The music played
with me unsurely stepping blindly into pain
How long I'll suffer
until I'm released of everything that is mine
Oh the mainline

The sun got in our eyes, we lost the prize
We never saw until we went blind
Oh the mainline
No shelter for the sky where we will fly
All flapping feathers of the same kind
Towards the mainline

And as the wind blew through your hair upon the beach
I mourned your face
as it was clear that you had grown out of my reach
There were no words to say
and it only gets harder seen in rewind
Oh the mainline

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from Grace in the Blue, released March 9, 2013

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