I walk a slanted line

Between what's wrong and right

I let it guide me

All through the night.

I let it fill me up

And push me down,

Then I get up again,

And swear that I won't drown.

Sometimes I feel like

A tightrope walker,

Just a step away from

The edge of my rocker.

I feel like all my marbles

Have spilled out of the case,

And I can't find them

I can't win their race.

I'm not the sharpest knife

In the drawer,

But I know the difference

Between peace and war.

And even when I'm sad

I'll be alright

Because I know the difference

Between what's wrong and right.

It's not so hard to see the line

Even when it's dark outside,

Even when I've told the truth

And they've still lied

Oh I walk a slanted line

Though I'm not always right

I watch it stretch into the distance

And then fade into the night.

And even though it's hard to read

And sometimes makes me cry

I will follow it

Until the day I die.