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Fine Line
by John Michael Ray

Half a bottle away
From feeling alright, feeling okay
20 milligrams away
From feeling no hurt, feeling no pain

Half a bottle away
From feeling alright, feeling okay
20 milligrams away
From feeling no hurt, feeling no pain

Love and hate, laughter, tears
Passion, pain, respect and fear
Pride and shame, body, soul
Growth and change, chaos and control
Genius, insanity
Realism, ideality
Truth and lies, whispers, screams
Heaven and Hell, nightmares and dreams

Walking on a fine line
It’s easy to forget forget
My balance, it could fail me now
And I’m walking without a net
It seems a futile effort
For me not to cross that line
I never know which side I’m on
At any given time

Each day’s a new adventure
Is he Jeckyl, is he Hyde
Will cooler heads prevail
Or will I be the beast inside
My thoughts are lost in transit
Baggage missing from a plane
Lost en route, destination unknown
Crash landing in my brain

Love and hate, laughter, tears
Passion, pain, respect and fear
Pride and shame, body, soul
Growth and change, chaos and control
Genius, insanity
Realism, ideality
Truth and lies, whispers, screams
Heaven and Hell, nightmares and dreams

In the past, in the moment
Insofar as the eye can see
Indiscretion, Indecision
Inability
Unsuspecting, Unfeeling
Undeniably
Unashamed, unremorseful
Unaccountability

Once again I’m on a fine line
And I’m not quite sure what to do
There’s no one in this world
I loved as much as I love you
When life hands you a gift
And you question if it’s earned
They’ll second guess, call the party off
Your gifts will all be returned

Love and hate, laughter, tears
Passion, pain, respect and fear
Pride and shame, body, soul
Growth and change, chaos and control
Genius, insanity
Realism, ideality
Truth and lies, whispers, screams
Heaven and Hell, nightmares and dreams

When did saying good-bye turn into self-preservation
When did wondering why turn into self-fascination
When did the pain inside turn into self-mutilation
When did ‘hue and cry’ turn into self-proclamation
When did being shy turn into self-infatuation
When did getting high turn into self-medication
When did words I rhyme turn into self-observation
When did my fine line turn into self-revelation

Love and hate, laughter, tears
Passion, pain, respect and fear
Pride and shame, body, soul
Growth and change, chaos and control
Genius, insanity
Realism, ideality
Truth and lies, whispers, screams
Heaven and Hell, nightmares and dreams

Half a bottle away
From feeling alright, feeling okay
20 milligrams away
From feeling no hurt, feeling no pain

Half a bottle away
From feeling alright, feeling okay
20 milligrams away
From feeling no hurt, feeling no pain


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