LYRIC FOR SALE

By No Legs Octopus

*whimsically somber*

A tale as old as time
One girl stuck between two lives
Holding onto hope but being pulled by lies
Trapped in the liminal space of her own mind

She craves the light to thrive above
To see her life as one she loves
To be the version that is and does
The things she knows she can and wants

The dark is heavy it's pull is strong
When she is weak it steers her wrong
Spiraling as she's strung along
Lost touch with all that's good and gone


CHORUS:
Walking the line between two lives
Never far from the divide
One light one dark on either side
One where she drowns one where she'll rise

How to stay uplifted where it's bright
With darkness always close behind
It never leaves the back of her mind
As long as she's alive, she'll live between two lives


The lens she looks through, an accessory
That paints the way that everything
Changes with no rhyme or reasoning
And clouds her eyes so she can't see

She longs to feel that clarity
Gain traction with consistency
The shades take off and on reality
As narratives wage war internally

The depth perception where she stands
Says she’s so far from where she’s at
She can't reach that place she knows again
She can't stay the way she wants to land


CHORUS:
Walking the line between two lives
Never far from the divide
One light one dark on either side
One where she drowns one where she'll rise

How to stay uplifted where it's bright
With darkness always close behind
It never leaves the back of her mind
As long as she's alive, she'll live between two lives


*Shift energy/tone/temp as perspective shifts to first person*
BRIDGE:
Cause I'm never more sure than when I'm wrong
I never love you more than when I’m gone

The only things I can't get close enough to touch
Are all the things I care about too much

I'm never more tired than when I want more
I'm never more restless than when I feel bored

I empty myself out to try to feel full
I push the limit when I feel the pull

I run on momentum I seek and I chase
I always end up in the same goddamn place

I have to hide from life to stay alive
I'd rather leave it all than be left behind

The pills I take to keep me here
Make me feel like I've already disappeared


*keeps elevated frustration in first person*
CHORUS:
Walking the line between the lives,
Never far from the divide
One light one dark on either side
One where I drown one where I rise

How do I stay uplifted where it's bright
With darkness always close behind
It'll never leave as long as I'm alive
As long as I'm alive, I'll live between two lives

Until I'm not alive, I'll live between two lives
Until I'm not alive, I'll live between two lives