well the road for some is straight
while others turn the eight
but my life’s like a one lane mountain drive
on a day that’s thick with fog 
cos God is on the nod
and I’m thinking that I better learn to fly


there’s hairpins and chicanes
where chicken is the game
and the abyss is forever to the side
beyond a shadow of a doubt
it’s a world turned inside out
that gets you riding on the corners of your life.

so few will ever go
beyond the fringes of their souls
sometimes it feels so lonely
to have gambled and swallowed and followed a dream

I can feel it in the pit of my stomach as I sit
it’s these moments when I feel the most alive
but I can hear the warning bells of the death wish there as well
when I’m riding on the corners of my life.

There ain’t no point in acting numb
just to be like everyone
who’s too frightened to admit that life ain’t safe
so keep your hands upon the wheel
and your soul prepared to feel
when you’re riding on the corners of your life

so few will ever go
beyond the fringes of their souls
sometimes it feels so lonely
to have gambled and swallowed and followed a dream

bridge

so few will ever go
beyond the fringes of their souls
sometimes it feels so lonely
to have gambled and swallowed and followed a dream

It’s said that life is short and finished in a flash
that before you really know it you are gone
there ain’t no point in acting numb just to be like anyone 
when you’re riding on the corners of your life
keeps you riding on the corners of your life
when you’re riding on the corners of your life