Heron King - A Painful Desire Lyrics

Jolene, my friend, we were driftin' alone
You're drowning in pillows, I stood up till dawn
We got lost in the middle of what we love the most
Black shades grow longer across cracked walls

Sometimes I miss when we're scattered and wild
Pretending to be real beyond closing time
It's like running on a wire between truth and lise
Where pain can fall deeper, so deeper inside

Jolene it's a tightrope we can't walk behind
But keep on moving along this thin line
To live, and not to survive
It's a demon, a painful desire
A painful desire

Sometimes I miss all those scattered, raw days and loose nights
I lived by your side
Jolene it's a tightrope we're holdin' our frailties to tight
To live not to die
With painful desires, painful desires
Painful desires

Jolene it's a tightrope we can't walk behind
But keep on moving along this thin line
To live, and not to survive
With painful desires, painful desires
Painful desires, painful desires
To live, not to die