The Line (original song)

After catching a little flack for using 'I walk the line' as the song's chorus, I considered changing the title to "Johnny Cash Can Kiss My Ass" but settled finally on simply "The Line."
I have a proper USB mic now which improves the sound quality very much and reveals the ample imperfections of my sorry excuse for a singing voice quite sufficiently. The lyrics:

Saw the path in a waking dream
Learned it well; what it really means
Saw the things I could do without
Calling me from the roundabout
The sacrifice; it's own reward
But I keep going overboard

Asked the questions hard to grasp
Saw the mask behind the mask
All you angels in disguise
You're beautiful to these weary eyes
But yet I still succumb
To the pretty face of the chosen one

Every day its a brand new story
I know it happens all the time
There's so many paths to glory
I only know one but
I know it well because its mine
I walk the line

The line
Messages in time: I'm on the line
I walk the line
Heaven on my left, hell on the right
I walk the line

Man in a bar says I don't know love
'Cause he's got daughters and I got none
But I'm not here to keep the score
Of all the debates lost and won
If you're not looking for something new
Then I can't be much use to you

We heard the tale of the alchemist
But the nature of his plan was missed
The discepline of which we're told
Was not for turning lead to gold
The manifestation of his art
Was the transmutation of his own heart

Which man will I be today
Which force will decide
How long will I be this way
Oh will I choose a side

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