Lay the lines to hold me in case My words begin to break The light strikes, frozen in place My life will be replayed When you wind me up Whispers set me off I'll be fine When you're winding down Silence holds it's ground We'll be fine Call, climb up on the rail We stumble when we're close We struggle through the finish line And so, by pride or by design We crawl before we walk We bleed before we cry out Hold the night, hold it at bay This chord of mine, still plays The star struck, frozen in place Our life will still remain When you wind me up Whispers set me off I'll be fine When you're winding down Silence holds it's ground We'll be fine Call, climb up on the rail We stumble when we're close We struggle through the finish line And so, by pride or by design We crawl before we walk We bleed before we cry out We crawl before we walk We bleed before we cry out