You... you won't talk about what we see when the lights are out
And I'm willing to hold your hand while you're lost, while you're still full of doubt
Walk for miles on your own loose ends
I'll find you there, I'll find you there

You... you walk a thin blue line, crossing hope with reality
And I... I see through small red eyes glowing still at your uncertainty
Out of darkness you will come around
I know you will, I know you will

And I'll find you... and I'll find you there


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    A small lyric correction: "You, you walk up thin blue lines possible with reality" should be "You, you walk a thin blue line, crossing hope with reality"

    realitysoldieron November 11, 2010   Link
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    Just as Georgia is finishing the last "ba-da-ba" on the studio version a deep male voice comes into the track...does anyone have a clue what it says? You have to listen close to the mix (headphones tends to help, but normal speakers work too)...I just discovered this today and have no idea what he's saying

    realitysoldieron June 12, 2007   Link
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    The live versions of this song that go for 14 minutes are the best.

    I love how the band start of hesistant and as a group of loose musicians playing their own thing, really. Then they unite slowly.

    elwyn5150on December 29, 2004   Link
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    Hell yeah, this is one of my favorite songs of all time. When I saw them live they clocked in at 23 minutes. I could have died happy right there.

    RobotHouseon January 06, 2005   Link
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    I have just learned, from Urban Dictionary, that in English (which is not my mother tongue) "Blue line" means kissing. Can anybody confirm?

    (urbandictionary.com/define.php)

    Alienoon July 18, 2021   Link

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