Just a guess as I don't have time to test this yet.. But you should probably be using 'wdParagraph' to move up.. A think a 'line' is not what you think it is, A paragraph will be terminated by the new line where as the line is just terminated by a 'wrap'.
For example in a multiline title:
Table 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah b
lah blah blah.
<br>
Moving up 1 line would only get to "lah blah blah." where as up 1 paragraph would be "Table 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."
You could then surely just select it as follows:
my $text = $selection->{Range}{Paragraph}{Text};
- John