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Hang By A Thread

from Beastie by Mike O'Malley + Beastie Band

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HANG BY A THREAD
You hang by a thread
Wound round your skin
As light and as thin
As the hair on your head
It's dark all around
And you hang in the wind
Still you force a grin
As you hang by a thread

There's no one up ahead
Not a soul left behind
Did their ropes unwind?
Did they climb up instead?
You can't see the ground
And the top's up too far
So here you are
With the last of the thread

Ah, you recall the ceiling
How it seemed so serene there
The scenery sent you reeling -
One million lightlines enlaced
One in specific moved you -
Shot off at an angle
The others blinked their approval
So you gave breathless chase

Now you dangle by thread
That you chased off the world
It's fibers unfurl
It fills you with dread
So you choke it down
And you think of the moon
And hum a tune
Ever lodged in your head.

As you flew off the ceiling
The thread in your fingers
You found the change revealing
No longer lit from above
You thought your troubles ended
Now see how they linger
Look at you now: suspended
By the one thing you love
Confer with the thread
Say I'm not letting go
But what is the world
That we cling to it so?
Did we fall up or down?
Once we were sure
But not anymore
You know what to do
It's coming unwound
But you aren't vexed
Cos you want what comes next
So you bid it adieu.

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from Beastie, released August 29, 2014

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