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Artist: The Shins
Canonical path: /the-shins/the-great-divide
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Great Divide
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The Great Divide
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Your starlit eyes, the afterglow a sign you've set us wandering
So let me ride through the night 'til love is everything
Now an age has come out of the loneliness
Your hand in mine, oh-oh-oh (your hand in mine)
The great divide
A stitch in time
Then we recombine
The way it was
Well, dust to dust
Has led us here to collide
Ooh, the blind
Collective mind of man is all they're offering
Then you bring a breath of life out of the emptiness
Your hand in mine, oh-oh-oh (your hand in mine)
The great divide
A stitch in time
Then we recombine
The way it was
Well, dust to dust
Has led us here to collide
Ooh, love of mine
Bright as the straight shines
Into the night
Changing our whole lives
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, you trace the lines
Through space and time
Until you find they all align
You gave to me a memory
Just a melody I have to sing
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