Darling its down to the wire   I'm certain we're stalling   I'd die to come sit by the fire but the curtain is calling   If I were a boat I'd sail to where your beauty could blind me   But I am only a wave   I wait for the blue to bind me   Darling its down to the wire   The mercury's rising   The stars are about to retire upon the horizon   If I were a boat I'd name our love after an ocean   But I am only a wave and this is my only motion   I hear them playing our songs in lands where shadows are long   In places we used to be strong they're playing our song   Are you afraid?   Yes, I'm afraid   Are we alone?   Yes, I'm afraid we're alone   Darling its down to the wire   The fire's a forest   I can't tell the chord from the choir   The choir from the chorus   If I were a boat I would anchor my labors inside you   But I am only a wave   I dream but to drown beside you   I hear them playing our song   Wisteria clinging to dawn   In places we used to belong they're playing our song   I hear them playing our song long after the embers are gone   In places our love was all wrong they're playing our song   Are you afraid?   Yes, I'm afraid   Are we alone?   Yes, I'm afraid we're alone