Borderline

from The Lightning by The Ballroom Thieves

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Well I left home in the evening
And I came home in the morning
All the same

I mean I saw two hands that moved
But that’s the only proof
That anything was changing
I heard that love is only an illusion
the masochists and martyrs

So I went diving for a song
But it all took too long

And now I’m treading water
All alone on the borderline
Running fast, not to fall behind

I have a body but I can’t call it mine
I still do from time to time

Now all the moments look like photographs
I took but didn’t feel the need to save
No one cares to call my number

No one dares to pull me under any waves
Some say that life is only what you manifest
And I’m not the best

And I don’t know much about it
Still I can see anxiety will be the death of me
But I worry over who I would or wouldn’t

Be without it
All alone on the borderline
Running fast, not to fall behind
I have a body but I can’t call it mine
I still do from time to time
I still do from time to time

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from The Lightning, track released November 19, 2021

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Monarch Tavern

Toronto, ON
May 31

First Parish in Portland

Portland, ME
Jun 1

The Sinclair

Cambridge, MA
Jun 2

Iron Horse Music Hall

Northampton, MA

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