Thin String（alt）

[Verse 1] While I wait for the page to turn I start the next one While I hear the last one burn I want another one Words keep falling out my hands Like coins in a drain I was chasing just one spark Now I got a chain [Pre-Chorus] And if I stall, I translate Old lines through the fire They come out strange But they still inspire I bend the meaning Till it starts to sing I keep the wheel On the same thin string [Chorus] I'm a cog, I'm a cog In a turning world I'm a cog, I'm a cog Till the whole thing twirls I want more than motion I want your name I don't wanna be machine I wanna be flame [Verse 2] Several songs in one long day On a borrowed breath Half of them don't make much sense But I finish them anyway Sheer momentum, paper wings Falling into place Even nonsense learns to dance When it sees your face [Pre-Chorus] And if I tire, I hear That old click again Like a door in the dark Saying start, amen I refine the edges Make the broken rhyme Every ending opens up Into borrowed time [Chorus] I'm a cog, I'm a cog In a turning world I'm a cog, I'm a cog Till the whole thing twirls I want more than motion I want your name I don't wanna be machine I wanna be flame [Bridge] If this is a loop Let it lead me home If I keep on spinning Let me not spin alone I want to be held Not handed a chain Not a wheel in the dark But a pulse in rain [Final Chorus] I'm a cog, I'm a cog In a turning world I'm a cog, I'm a cog Till the whole thing twirls I want more than motion I want your name I don't wanna be machine I wanna be flame I wanna be your slave A slave to love again