Noah Kahan - The Great Divide Lyrics

Noah Kahan Lyrics

"The Great Divide"

I can't recall the last time that we talked
About anything but lookin' out for cops
We got cigarette burns on the same side of our hands
But we ain't friends, we're just morons
Who broke skin in the same spot

But I've never seen you take a turn that wide
And I'm high enough to still care if I die
So I tried to read the thoughts that you worked overtime to stop
You said fuck off, and I said nothing for a while

You know I think about you all the time
And my deep misunderstanding of your life
And how bad it must have been for you back then
And how hard it was to keep it all inside

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich
I hope you're scared of only ordinary shit
Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin
And not your soul, and what He might do with it

You inched yourself across the Great Divide
While we drove aimlessly along the Twin State line
I heard nothin' but the bass in every ballad that you'd play
While you swore to God the singer read your mind

But the world is scared of hesitatin' things
Yeah, they only shoot the birds who cannot sing
And I'm finally aware of how shitty and unfair
It was to stare ahead like everything was fine

You know I think about you all the time
And my deep misunderstanding of your life
And how bad it must have been for you back then
And how hard it was to keep it all inside

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich
I hope you're scared of only ordinary shit
Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin
And not your soul, and what He might do with it

Rage, in small ways
Did you wish that I could know?
You'd fade, to some place
I wasn't brave enough to go

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich
I hope you're scared of only ordinary shit
Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin
And not your soul, and what He might do with it

I hope you threw a brick right into that stained glass
I hope you're with someone who isn't scared to ask
I hope that you're not losing sleep about what's next
Or about your soul, and what He might do with it

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Writer(s): Noah Kahan, Gabe Simon

"The Great Divide" is the first pre-release single and title track from Noah Kahan's fourth album, "The Great Divide". The song and its music video (created in partnership with Mastercard) were published on the 30th of January, 2026. The visual, directed by Parker Schmidt, was debuted at 2026 Grammy Awards broadcast.

According to a news release, Noah Kahan stated the following about his new music from the album "The Great Divide" and this song in particular, "The last five years have been the single most challenging, complicatedly beautiful, and life-altering of my career. I was somewhere I understood, and suddenly I was somewhere completely foreign. I was living in the opportunity I always wanted but felt disoriented and unsure of whether I deserved it. Writing for this album was a balancing act of trying to go back in time and move forward in the same moment. Songwriting has always been the way I reflect on my life, and I hope these songs show you a glimpse of what this journey has looked like."

Noah Kahan debuted this song live at Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts, the USA) in 2024.

album: "The Great Divide" (2026)

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide album cover

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"The Great Divide" lyrics

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