Burning on the Line (Version 2)

Verse 1 – female vocal

I lost count of the hours in your eyes

The smoke gets thick and I feel it rise

Bass in my chest like a living thing

We don't need daylight to move forward

Let's keep chasing till we lose our names

Pre-Chorus – sparse, hushed

Is this love or just the static of the speakers?

Doesn't matter when the whole floor is shaking?

We're burning on the line between now and tomorrow

Can you feel it climbing down your spine

Like a signal from an unknown country

Call me back before I'm gone

Hold my hand till we get to morning

Chorus – full, driving

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Every hour feels like goodbye but we won't divide

The static turns into a sound that never ends

We're burning on the line till our hearts turn in

Fingers tracing the shape of what we'll never say

I don't care if it's here or gone tomorrow

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Keep the beat going 'til there's nothing left to hold

Let's lose ourselves and find our way home

Verse 2 – sparse

Lights come up slow like a camera frame

Your hand is still in mine though the crowd keeps spilling out

Someone shouted we don't have much time

But I don't think that's what this night was built for

I'm not thinking of tomorrow or yesterday

Only how long till we hit the floor again

Pre-Chorus – sparse, hushed

Is this love or just the static of the speakers?

Doesn't matter when the whole floor is shaking?

We're burning on the line between now and tomorrow

Can you feel it climbing down your spine

Like a signal from an unknown country

Call me back before I'm gone

Hold my hand till we get to morning

Chorus – full, driving

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Every hour feels like goodbye but we won't divide

The static turns into a sound that never ends

We're burning on the line till our hearts turn in

Fingers tracing the shape of what we'll never say

I don't care if it's here or gone tomorrow

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Keep the beat going 'til there's nothing left to hold

Let's lose ourselves and find our way home

Bridge – sparse

Not a countdown, not a clock ticking away

Just two people with hands that still touch

Maybe it's just this one night, maybe forever

Either way I'm good as long as we keep moving

Chorus – full, driving

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Every hour feels like goodbye but we won't divide

The static turns into a sound that never ends

We're burning on the line till our hearts turn in

Fingers tracing the shape of what we'll never say

I don't care if it's here or gone tomorrow

Burning on the line, burning on the line

Keep the beat going 'til there's nothing left to hold

Let's lose ourselves and find our way home

Outro – sparse

Lost

The static is us now