Thin Line Lyrics - Nelly Furtado

[Chali 2na] 

Yo, this is a lesson in friendship 

The depths of a kinship 

What women and men begin with, and then slip 

My pen drips 

As I scribble my thoughts on thin strips 

Of emotion 

A fraction, seduction, attraction 

Eruption of passion 

Corrupts if a lasted friendship's involved 

But love to cross the line 

But that's why we built these walls 

[Chorus: Nelly Furtado] 

We been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine 

Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line 

I love you like you was mine, think about you all the time 

Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line 

[Akil] 

Opposite's attract 

When the female and male come in contact 

Sticky situation in fact 

Trying not to let the feelings catch 

But there's a thin line between both of y'all 

So you respect that 

And entertain the idea, but get brought back 

To reality, and could you really live with that? 

Decision, based on intuition 

You love and keep your distance 

Hug and kiss in friendship 

[Marc 7] 

An ongoing kinship, we was people to begin with 

Disrespect was not intended 

But your feelings sparked the sentence 

Sometimes you're too intense in your quest to invent 

The perfect man, please understand, my rhyme is your repent 

[Chorus: x2] 

[Soup] 

Man, too bad that we became friends first 

I'm not on expert on how relationships should work 

But, (echos) from the minute it as known 

It changed the whole tone on how we spoke on the phone 

Yo, it was cool but I felt it wasn't enough 

And I was stuck when your moms would pick it up 

Over you, all my buddies would swoon 

But I felt we were in tune, you let me up in your room. (Damn) 

But to me girl, you're still off limits 

No matter all the times that I hinted (Yo, what you doing after this?) 

Infatuation was authentic, but yo I just pretended 

So I wouldn't lose the friendship 

Maybe, I should spill all my guts 

Or write a letter, then tear it up 

Or do a song, just to say what's up 

I want, just, a touch 

[Chorus: x2] 

[Nelly Furtado] 

I can't do this anymore 

See my heart just spills out when you walk in the door 

Friendship turns into lust and this only tip 

That I can't comprehend even if I knew it 

Can't do justice to these things that I'm feeling 

You got someone else, don't want to be caught stealing 

Hell if she knew she would never leave us alone 

In the room 

[Chali 2na] 

This was a lesson in friendship 

I stress in this sentence 

Should women and men be friends first? 

And then slip? 

My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips 

Of devotion 

[Akil] 

Opposites attract 

And best friends make a perfect match 

If you only knew that 

Once you cross, ain't no turning back 

The minute you let him in it and he hit that 

That's that 

[Marc 7] 

We was people to begin with, but you was too relentless 

Jeopardizing kinship, respect is intended 

Resolve is my intent 

While we got it in 

I'm trying to salvage a friendship 

[Chorus: x2]