The Ten O’Clock Line

[VERSE 1]
Gone with the grace of a black winged crow
With all the tact of an exit poll
I banked the curve bout the last back road
While you washed your hands in a silver bowl
Didn’t wanna know, that’s the way it goes

[VERSE 2]
Pretty words traced in the dirt
A whisper without weight or worth
Nonsense symbols written on the wall
Read by the light of a mirror ball
A final flat line scrawl, that was all

[Chorus]
There’s a hole in the world
I've seen it coming for some time
This is how it always ends
Up on the ten o’ clock line
There’s a hole in the world
Maybe only a space
For something that’s been waiting
Until I turn my face
Until I turn my face

[VERSE 3]
The leaves recount with a rasping sound
A shadow cast on the autumn ground
It’s a lovely wish, it’s a tender sight
A promise made on shifting light
Bad news from the start but still I gave my heart

[Chorus]
There’s a hole in the world
I've seen it coming for some time
This is how it always ends
Up on the ten o’clock line
There’s a hole in the world
Maybe only a space
For something that’s been waiting
Until I turn my face
Until I turn my face

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[BRIDGE]
I always thought I would start again
But I was so much younger then
Perhaps no more of just the same
But a deeper song with a different name
The last one had its time up on the ten o’ clock line

[Chorus]
There’s a hole in the world
I've seen it coming for some time
This is how it always ends
Up on the ten o’clock line

[Chorus]
There’s a hole in the world
I've seen it coming for some time
This is how it always ends
Up on the ten o’clock line
There’s a hole in the world
Maybe only a space
For something that’s been waiting
Until I turn my face
Until I turn my face
Until I turn my face