The Shins - The Great Divide Lyrics

The Shins Lyrics

"The Great Divide"

Your starlit eyes, the afterglow a sign
You've set us wandering
So let me ride through night, 'til love is everything
Now an age has come, out of the loneliness

Your hand in mine (Your hand in mine, oh, oh-oh)
The great divide, a stitch in time
Then we recombine
The way it was, well dust to dust
Has led us here to collide

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 (Your hand in mine, oh, oh-oh)
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 starlight shines
Into the night
Changing our whole lives

(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
You trace the lines through space and time
Until you find, they all align
You give to me, a memory
Just a melody, I have to sing

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Writer(s): James Russell Mercer, Yuuki Matthews, Jon Lee Sortland

James Mercer said of "The Great Divide", "I guess we wanted to try to provide a bit of warmth and sentiment in hard times." The song was released through his label, Aural Apothecary/Monotone Records, on the 24th of September 2020, accompanied by a music video directed by Paul Trillo.

This song is "a blend of futurism and nostalgia" according to James Mercer. He elaborated, "We used everything from vintage synthesizers to iPhones, from a Sixties Ludwig kit to an 808. It's an epic about longing and love in a broken world. I guess we wanted to try to provide a bit of warmth and sentiment in hard times."

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The Shins Lyrics