Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I know a girl who's like the sea
I watch her changing every day for me, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
One day she's still, the next she swells
You can hear the universe in her sea shells, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
I know a girl with a hole in her heart
She said infinity is a great place to start
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Time is irrelevant, it's not linear
Then she put her tongue in my ear
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
Ooh
Oh oh, oh oh, ooh
Oh oh, oh oh
The songs in your head are now on my mind
You put me on pause, I'm trying to rewind and replay
Every night I have the same dream
I'm, I'm hatching some plot, scheming some scheme, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'm traffic cop, Rue de Marais
The sirens are wailing but it's me that wants to get away
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No line on the horizon, no, no line
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
I watch her changing every day for me, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
One day she's still, the next she swells
You can hear the universe in her sea shells, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
I know a girl with a hole in her heart
She said infinity is a great place to start
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Time is irrelevant, it's not linear
Then she put her tongue in my ear
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
Ooh
Oh oh, oh oh, ooh
Oh oh, oh oh
The songs in your head are now on my mind
You put me on pause, I'm trying to rewind and replay
Every night I have the same dream
I'm, I'm hatching some plot, scheming some scheme, oh yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'm traffic cop, Rue de Marais
The sirens are wailing but it's me that wants to get away
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
No line on the horizon, no, no line
No, no line on the horizon, no, no line
Lyrics submitted by young_jables
No Line on the Horizon Lyrics as written by Adam Clayton Brian Peter George Eno
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network
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