[Verse 1]
I'm the wilderness that eats your bones
You crossed the mark from your civil zone
I might be narrow I might be wide
We share the same line at the same time
Alienized that's how I feel
One foot here and another there
And in between I'll find a name
But what I see is all the same
[Chorus]
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
[Verse 2]
I'm the second when the lights go out
Caught in between there's no way out
The edge effect that's what it is
But still in the center of the place
Changing colors right in front of you
Even though we are one in two
Sharing the balance of the ecotone
Makes the alien breathe no more
[Chorus]
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
[Chorus]
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
[Chorus]
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
[Outro]
Well you thought you were alone
But I was right there by your side
Still, they call me the ecotone
The cold boundary knife
I'm the wilderness that eats your bones
You crossed the mark from your civil zone
I might be narrow I might be wide
We share the same line at the same time
Alienized that's how I feel
One foot here and another there
And in between I'll find a name
But what I see is all the same
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
I'm the second when the lights go out
Caught in between there's no way out
The edge effect that's what it is
But still in the center of the place
Changing colors right in front of you
Even though we are one in two
Sharing the balance of the ecotone
Makes the alien breathe no more
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
When you think you are alone
I'm right by your side
Well they call me ecotone
The cold boundary knife
Well you thought you were alone
But I was right there by your side
Still, they call me the ecotone
The cold boundary knife
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Michael Poulsen explained the song's meaning in an interview: "If you Google 'Ecotone,' you'll get a really good explanation about it," he said. "It's where if you're in the wilderness and you walk around, there will be a certain line where civilization and the wilderness meet exactly. However, there is a difference. You can plant a flower on one side of the line, and it will blossom. Fifteen centimeters away from that line, you won't be able to grow anything, it will die. It's a balance of a center where you almost are at the same place, but the differences are huge. It's where civilization actually meets the wilderness somehow. It's a very interesting subject. I took that and thought, 'What if 'Ecotone' was something you had in your own system as a human being?' I made a lyric out of it. It's a sensation area between two environments. It's where two communities meet and integrate. Imagine you're building new technology on one side, and the next second you're attacked by a tiger. It's definitely a cool subject."