We Walk The Same Line

The refrain must begin, "If you LOSE your faith"; the question is loss, not release.

Definitely should be spelled with one "O" not 2. To me, this song is simply about someone telling a friend that they understand loneliness and how the night can drag when you can't sleep. She's on the same path and offers comfort only insofar as she's saying there's another lonely person right there with you. So she is offering her faith if the person she is singing to loses theirs. I'm a little unsure about the use of the phrase "you can have mine." That seems to imply that she has no use for it herself. Contrast that with saying "I'll give you mine" which would be a little more helpful and hopeful. And having no use for it would mean that the singer has given up, whatever faith she has is useless to her. This is supported by the 4th to last stanza: And if these troubles should vanish like rain on midday well I've no doubt there'll be more.

The sky might be clear now but the rain clouds will be back, don't worry.

Pretty much a downer of a song, I guess. Hey you're alone, I know what it's like, don't worry, so am I but don't expect being alone together to make you feel less alone.

This song was written solely (at least credited solely to) by Tracey Thron, and deals with the diagnosis and struggle that her partner (Ben Watt) went through with regards to Churg-Strauss syndrome, a disease that would nearly take his life. Read his autobiography / memoir ("Patient", 1997) for more on that itself, but at the time this album was recorded and released (1993/1994) it wasn't quite common knowledge.

Listen to this song again, but look at it not from Thorn's perspective (offering support to her partner (now husband)) but from the perspective of the patient. Up all night, unable to sleep, sick with worry. (I don't have to tell you how slow the night can go. I know you've watched for the light. And I bet you could tell me how slowly four follows three, and you're most forlorn just before dawn)

Or the agony of waiting for some news or prognosis, knowing that it could be your last. (And I don't need reminding how loud the phone can ring when you're waiting for news. And that big old moon lights every corner of the room. Your back aches from lying and your head aches from crying.)

This is a touching song of support, a public airing of undying love from one partner (Thorn) to another (Watt) - and it couldn't be more beautiful if it tried. If you lose your faith, you can have (read: SHARE) mine - we walk the same line.

I love this song, 1st and foremost! I'm sure I'm off on why this song was really wrote. For me this song is about, A parent dealing with a child leaving wether its off to college, wedding, and (god forbid) an illness. Its beautiful wrote, "we walk the same line".