NUR EIN
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4:25
Standing On The Edge
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Entry from Standing On The Edge in Nur Ein X.

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Standing on Oheo Bridge
Watch the dark green water flow
Sixty feet below me
In a small pool rimmed with lava rock
Friends say "You can back out, Jon
You don't have to jump if you're scared"
I climb the concrete railing and I stare at the horizon

Standing on the edge
One small step and gravity takes over
Got my arms spread wide
Frightened smile
Stepping off the edge
Slam the water over thirty miles an hour
Fingers brushing moss as I go under
I'm so glad I took the leap and didn't stay
Standing on the edge

Woman in a pale blue dress
Walks in moonlight thru the garden
She wants a romantic fool
To play Ceilito Lindo
Friends say "You can back out, Jon
You don't have to jump if you're scared
I grab a cheap acoustic
And the biggest black sombrero

Standing on the edge
One small step and gravity takes over
Got my arms spread wide
Frightened smile
Stepping off the edge
Heart is racing more than ninety miles an hour
Oh, my mouth's so dry, I can barely sing
I'm so glad I took the leap and didn't stay
Standing on the edge

She said come down from that balcony
She said she was talking theoretically
But when she finally got over the shock
She still said "Yes"
She still said "Yes"

(CH 2)

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JonPorobil

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It took several listens, but this eventually became one of my favorites this round. I love the melancholy in the lyrics, contrasting with the narrator's supposed happiness in the chorus. The opening verse, it seems, it about diving into a swimming hole, but the early lines describe it as menacing, and the act of falling from a height makes the whole thing seem melancholy - at first I thought it was a description of a suicide! This melancholy permeates the three happy vignettes that comprise your verses. I also like the guitar intro/interlude, though I do think it would have been savvier to write something different for a coda.

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