…this song. I can’t seem to find a version on youtube to link to which isn’t a) a live version with poor sound quality and irritating screaming audience members or b) a cheesy fan-made slide show which doesn’t capture the song at all. So if you want to hear it, take my advice and download it, legally. It’s well worth the 79p.
I’ve owned the album with this track on for a pretty long time now, but the lyrics to this have just kind of suddenly dawned on me recently. Maybe because of moving out of home… I don’t know. It’s a lot about taking risks, and I have really been thinking a lot lately about how many of the decisions I make are in some way motivated by fear. Which is kind of ridiculous, since I do not need to be afraid. Of anything.
“Do not give way to fear” 1 Peter 3:6
Anyway… here’s the song!
The Walk
Deep in a wood
Where nothing is seen
A tightrope is strung to his heel
And high on the walk
He’s down on one knee
He waits for the slow of the breeze
Oh, wow
Look at him now on his feet
High up in the sky
And every moment, extends endlessly
If feels as though time isn’t moving
And every second, hold breath not to breathe
And watch as he moves to the beat
Well down on the floor
I watch from my seat
I watch as he sways with the trees
And slowly he moves
But so elegantly
I’m all on the edge of my seat
On the tightrope everything’s bare
All that there is from here to there
On the tightrope the goal is quite clear
Don’t lose yourself in your fear
Everyone waits on a walk
Some are long and some small
But all of them tall
And everyone must make a choice
Will I go for it all, and possibly fall
The tightrope is thin
I could possibly win on the walk
Well high on the walk
The tightrope it bends
And nobody knows where it ends
To win or to lose you’re all on your own
‘Cause everyone must be alone
On the tightrope everything’s bare
All that there is from here to there
On the tightrope the goal is quite clear
Don’t lose yourself in your fear
- Hanson
