Balancing Act

*** Story inspired by the life and work of Samantha Azzopardi, vocal stylings inspired by Kate Bush (thanks to Carrie!)

00:22 VERSE 1
The poisoned chalice
Hangs in the balance
The taste of malice is hot

A silent agent
A global contract
No-one can prove that I’m not.

Tenacious lawman
Forbidden shadow
You better get in this car

No more excuses
No tightrope dancing
I never thought I’d get far

00:59 VERSE 2
Just watch me juggle
with household objects
And see the high wire display

I’m heading downtown
I’m moving crosstown
And there’s no time to delay

I’ve got dilemmas
My minds revolving
Another one for the road

I dance with traffic
throughout the rush hour
Might miss the next episode

01:28 CHORUS
Dance through the fires
Surge through the wires
What can you see, want to believe, it happens every day
What can you hear, but words you wish you had the will to say

02:05 VERSE 3
Beneath the surface
A dark narcissus
And now there’s no place to run

Sought out for decades
Dragged from the shadows
Like when you stare at the sun

8 million stories
One single ending
Can’t talk my way out this time

Back street arrested
Handcuffed and dusted
File under fake what they say

02:35 CHORUS
Dance through the fires
Surge through the wires
What can you see, want to believe it happens every day
What can you hear, but words you wish you had the will to say

03:04 VOCAL INTERLUDE
All of the time step, on the wire
Balancing act
All of the time kept out the light
balancing act
Making them see what I want to, balancing act
Picture the scene, like I framed it, balancing act

03:34 CODA
Learning to count the cost up without the safety
One day I’ll find a lifestyle that can placate me.