Before the Line

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Before the Line is the final (not including bonus tracks) song on dodie’s debut album Build A Problem. During a Twitter listening party, she said this, O ye – this song… Read More

May. 7, 20211 viewer17.9K views

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Before the Line Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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?

[Chorus]
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?

[Verse 3]
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?"

[Bridge]
Oh, 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

[Chorus]
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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Before the Line is the final (not including bonus tracks) song on dodie’s debut album Build A Problem.

During a Twitter listening party, she said this,

O ye – this song has moments from every song in it
Air so sweet organ drone, Hate Myself gritty vocoder, kissed someone rain sound, cool girl oohs, special girl the lil drum sound (I played on a window), and some pitch shifted strings and voices and stuff.

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Turkish Translation

What did dodie say about "Before the Line"?

This track is me really letting it all go and looking at my brain the way I do when I’m at my worst. I think it’s the angriest song I’ve written. But it’s me being like, ‘I’m f**king alive.’ This song has snippets of every song on the album in it.

—via Apple Music

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