I'm on the tightrope You've got your reasons When did it get so hard to breathe Hot in the spotlight I'm feeling so tired Your hands are burned from holding me And maybe you and I will fall in time eventually Maybe we'll both die trying but I can't bring myself to leave 'Cause I've looked And I ain't seen nothing like you, the way you light up every room tonight so easily And I have moved mountains babe just to stumble into your good grace and I I still can't compete You're on the tightrope I've got my reasons How did we get so tangled You turn, I stay straight I bend as you break We're so messed up but I know That you and I will fall in time eventually Or maybe we'll both die trying 'Cause I ain't seen nothing like you, the way you light up every room tonight so easily And I have moved mountains babe just to stumble into your good grace and I I still can't compete Oh you and I will fall in time eventually Or maybe we'll both die tryin' 'Cause I ain't seen nothing like you, the way you light up every room tonight so easily And I have moved mountains babe just to stumble into your good grace and I I still can't compete