Straight and Narrow - Arch / Matheos

I’ve got a death wish and the throttle down

Dragon’s tail I’m coming ‘round

Blind curves of my life

Lined with roadside crosses

A mirage coming off the road

She’s dangerous I’m told

She’ll catch your eye and it’s a long way down

Catch her if you dare

Oh she is everywhere

She left me in a slow burn

When will I ever learn?

Chasing vermilion moons over lost horizons

Almost dawn, running hot with white line fever

On a wing and a prayer, and a dare we’ll make it there

Dead or alive we will never surrender

Catch her if you dare

Oh she is everywhere

She left me in a slow burn

When will I ever learn?

For the life of me

For the life of me, please tell me

Why I run from love, I run from sorrow

Run from yesterday and from tomorrow

For the life of me

This winding road turns like a broken arrow

You and I like the raptor chase the sparrow

We could never fly the straight and narrow

And she said I’ll be your light and I’ll be the rain

I’ll be the one to make you feel love again

And I’m gonna make you bleed

I’ll give you all you need to heal again

While you contemplate the cosmos

I will surround you, I’ll hold you down

To the here and the now

I will tear down your facades, I’ll silence your gods

If you come to me I will love you forever

For the life of me

For the life of me, please tell me

Why I run from love, I run from sorrow

Run from yesterday and from tomorrow

For the life of me

This winding road turns like a broken arrow

My old man, bless his soul, always said

If you want to live son you better fly the straight and narrow

I could never fly the straight and narrow

No matter how I try I could never fly the straight and narrow