Through the morning mist I hear the jungle drum 
Concrete hugs against the sky 
Like a needle searching for the vein 
It feels so cold 
Wish I was high 

Life on the wire 
How I love to be up there 
Life on the wire 
How it leaves me running scared 

No more waiting something had to give 
And when it came a strange release 
I never really knew if it was in my brain 
Until the day I went too far 

Life on the wire 
How I love to be up there 
Life on the wire 
How it leaves me 

I can't stand it one more night 
Take this hell away 
I can't stand it one more night 
There's no other way 

A stage door pass for friends 
Amongst the garbage cans 
Just old soldiers calling time 
The smell of meths runs high 
Across this stinking waste 
Is it any place to die? 

Life on the wire 
How I love to be up there 
Life on the wire 
How it leaves me

I can't stand it one more night 
Take this hell away 
I can't stand it one more night 
There's no other way