Marking Time

I can hear the sleep in your voice as you answer All those miles and hours away And I can't be there, so I love how you tell me Every little part of your day Like the tightrope walker lives for his time up on the wire And the soldier truly knows he's alive when he's under fire All other time becomes something that must be spent The way I count the days until I'm in your arms again Until then I'm... Until then I'm... Marking time It's bittersweet when you love long distance All alone and half alive But the love we have in the time we're together Burns twice as hot and twice as bright Like the tightrope walker lives for his time up on the wire And the soldier truly knows he's alive when he's under fire All other time becomes something that must be spent The way I count the days until I'm in your arms again Until then I'm... Until then I'm... Marking time I don't wanna go, not just yet I'll hang on just to hear your breath Tell me one more time how we'll be Together again someday Like the tightrope walker lives for his time up on the wire And the soldier truly knows he's alive when he's under fire All other time becomes something that must be spent The way I count the days until I'm in your arms again Until then I'm... Until then I'm... Marking time Until then I'm... Until then I'm... Marking time