Verse 1
I woke up thinking I was somewhere in the middle
Of a body and a name and a story I defend
World on the outside, knocking at my window
Me on the inside, trying to hold the end
Every sound a visitor
Every thought another claim
Everything kept circling
Around this little name
Pre-Chorus
Then a bird sang from the fence post
Morning light touched the floor
I heard it plain as breathing
And I asked, “Who hears it more?”
Chorus
I went looking for the line
Between the world and what was mine
I searched the edges, took my time
But I could not find the line
There was hearing, there was sky
There were tears I didn’t cry
There was living, passing by
But I could not find the line
Verse 2
A thought said, “This is happening to someone”
A feeling said, “You’d better make it right”
But when I turned around to face the owner
There was only colour, breath, and light
A cup warm in my two hands
A dog bark down the street
Wind moving through the leaves again
And the porch beneath my feet
Pre-Chorus
All my life I drew a border
Felt so certain it was true
But the closer that I looked there
The less that border knew
Chorus
I went looking for the line
Between the world and what was mine
I searched the edges, took my time
But I could not find the line
There was hearing, there was sky
There were tears I didn’t cry
There was living, passing by
But I could not find the line
Bridge
Not a theory
Not a shrine
Not a grand design
Just this moment
Before the mind
Comes in naming what it finds
There is seeing
There is sound
There is no one standing ground
Just the shining of it all
Without a centre to be found
Final Chorus
I went looking for the line
Between the world and what was mine
I searched the edges, took my time
But I could not find the line
There was laughter, there was pain
There was sunshine, there was rain
Life was moving all the same
But I could not find the line
Outro
So now when the old voice says, “This is me”
I let it speak, then let it fade
Cause what I am was never captured
By the border thought had made
Not one thing
Not two things
Just this open, wordless sky
I went looking for the line
And it was never there to find `
