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Artist: Dodie Clark
Canonical path: /dodie-clark/before-the-line
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Before The Line
Read Before The Line lyrics by Dodie Clark on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Before The Line
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I used to smile at every star and thank the sky
Now I look up to all the duds and wonder why
I feel like
All of them are gone
Can’t feel a single one
And so I stretch my eyes across the land and sea
I know I loved the world, but now it’s flat to me
Oh tell me did someone snatch the light?
Why doesn’t it look right?
I made a promise but I break it every day
It’s not my fault for I was promised just the same
Once I saw fire
And all I know
Is something happened
Did I let it go?
Now every morning since the line between my lives
I greet the Sun, and ask have I already died?! If not then
Why am I alone?
And when can I come home?
And I am lying when I say
It’s time to let her float away
No I'm still clawing for the strings
Oh I’d do any fucking thing
I know I have to close the door
Too much to miss it anymore!
I think that this really is it
I’ll have to take what I can get
I’ll have to take what I can get
What I can get
What I can get
I made a promise but I break it every day
It’s not my fault for I was promised just the same
Once I saw fire
And all I know
Is something happened
Did I let it go?
I made a promise but I break it every day
No, it’s not my fault for I was promised just the same
Once I saw fire
And all I know
Is something happened
Did I let it go?
Once I saw fire
And all I know
Is something happened
Did I let it go?
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Dodie Clark performs "Before The Line", and this lyric page sits inside the Dodie Clark catalog on LyroVerse.
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