Buried alive and about to burst Why am I surprised when I'm so well rehearsed I'm getting tired and I'm dying of thirst I keep turning the dial but the tape is stuck in reverse It's taking a while and it's only getting worse And I don't know where I fit in I know how the story goes I just don't know how it ends This is all I've ever known And it's all I've ever done I'm a bird on a wire, just like everyone A bird on a wire and I'm tired of facing the sun ♪ Leading the blind when the lines are blurred On borrowed time, living word to word Sometimes it fine but sometimes it really hurts It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) Far away, if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay, it's okay, it's okay And I don't know where I fit in I know how the story goes I just don't know how it ends This is all I've ever known And it's all I've ever done I'm a bird on a wire, just like everyone A bird on a wire and I'm tired of facing the sun It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) Far away, if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) Far away, if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay if I want to run (A bird on a wire) It's okay, it's okay, it's okay It's all I've ever known (It's all I've ever known) And all I've ever done