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I am the line
I hold you near
There is no burden left to bear
I can't see clear
You're in suspension
You know no love
There is no story left to tell
You have no wisdom to pass on
I am the soul of absolution
No man can hide his own illusion
My hands are crippled from the pain
You are the splinter in my vain
You put your head between your hands
And understand nothing it adds
I feel the answers keep you scared
I've put the harm inside myself.
I am the line
I hold you near
There is no burden left to bear
I can't see clear
I am perfected
I know no void
I have no conscience to keep clear
I understand there's nothing more
You try to kid yourself with questions
Pleading inside for some correction
I found you tied unto the cross
Your judgment owns your every thought
You know my words all mean the same
You're begging to isolate
Into this prison in your mind
Well, you were born without a spine
When did you stop caring?
When did you stop caring?
I hold you near
There is no burden left to bear
I can't see clear
You're in suspension
You know no love
There is no story left to tell
You have no wisdom to pass on
I am the soul of absolution
No man can hide his own illusion
My hands are crippled from the pain
You are the splinter in my vain
You put your head between your hands
And understand nothing it adds
I feel the answers keep you scared
I've put the harm inside myself.
I am the line
I hold you near
There is no burden left to bear
I can't see clear
I am perfected
I know no void
I have no conscience to keep clear
I understand there's nothing more
You try to kid yourself with questions
Pleading inside for some correction
I found you tied unto the cross
Your judgment owns your every thought
You know my words all mean the same
You're begging to isolate
Into this prison in your mind
Well, you were born without a spine
When did you stop caring?
When did you stop caring?
Lyrics submitted by leiferikson
Track duration: 05:07
"The Line" as written by Peter Hayes, Robert Turner
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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You're in suspension
You know no love
There is no story left to tell
You have no wisdom to pass on
There are many clues throughout showing how the other person is stuck inside his head and can't handle things. Thus them being the line or the only thing stopping their friend from crossing into the other side.
To me this looks like a conversation between two old friends who have known each other for a long time and are know starting to go into different directions in their lives. The first is a religious, down-to-earth guy. The other one is breaking out of this life and not really caring about morality.
In the first 16 lines, the "good" guy is talking to the other one - telling him that his path is the wrong one ("You know no love", "You have no wisdom to pass on", "I feel the answers keep you scared") and that he is a pain in the ass ("you understand nothing it adds" and "you are the splinter in my vain")
After that, the "bad" guy is talking. It's starting out exactly with the same as the previous part, he's telling that the he is taking care of this friend. Then he describes this life (he is perfected but conscienceless) and starts accusing his friend for his religiousness (isolates in a prison in his mind, he has no spine, only caring about the judgement for his sins).
Here "tied unto the cross" and "your judgement" are religious motives.
Not sure what the last part, "When did you stop caring?" exactly means, though.
It's about someone trying to help out a friend with a problem
I am the line, i hold you near, there is no burden left to bear = A sense of security,protector/guardian, someone to keep him from doing any more damage.
open invitation is also an amazing song
It's like someone so tormented they try to become the line, perfect, unemotional, just. The last line reveals the inability of it all though.
I agree as well... It's incredibly haunting....
Not sure about meaning but it's beautiful...
The song tacked onto the end of this is a hidden track called Open Invitation
I alwasy thought the lyric went "Bleeding inside for some correction"
I think this could be about a friendship where one person is struggling with the other who has begun to spiral out of control.