We're striking matches on the TV Setting fires on our phones Bearing crosses we believe in dying on Tempers flare, the flame flies higher As we soar closer towards the sun But I like to think too much damage ain't been done We're all so far, so far apart now It's as deep as it is wide We're about to fall apart now If we can't reach the other side We gotta find a way across the great divide Sometimes it seems that our convictions Sidе of the fence that wе stand on Makes us all too damn different to get along But I've seen strangers love each other Like a mother does her son What we see ain't only all that's going on We're all so far, so far apart now It's as deep as it is wide We're about to fall apart now If we can't reach the other side We gotta find a way across the great divide We're all so far, so far apart now It's as deep as it is wide We're about to fall apart now If we can't reach the other side We gotta find a way across the great divide The great divide

There's a monster growing in our heads Raised up on the wicked things we've said A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret Something we should know There's a mountain higher than we knew It's high but such a bitter view A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret A great divide between us now On different sides of a great divide There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret Something we should know

In the canyons of the great divide Familiar places that we can run and hide Are filled with strangers Walking in our houses alone In the great divide Nothing to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide You won't fit in too well On the horses of the carousel She rides alone with you and me She rides like she knows Wherever she goes, we'll be there On the carousel Life is going well Anyone can tell we're in love On the carousel You're gonna like the way you feel You and I, we got caught down there In the twisted canyons of the great divide We walked the floor Now we don't go there anymore In the great divide Nothin' to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide I don't fit in too well In the great divide Nothin' to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide You won't fit in too well

Isolate us from one another Contempt for the unknown Hatred tears us apart Foster the great divide Unsettling the masses Igniting the flames of hate Serving the black gods of prey Their treachery demonizing us all Incite us to keep us apart Feeding the fuel to the fires Festering masses Awaiting the world to erupt Horrible and wretched souls Inferior by design Contemptuous and vicious Beneath us, eradicate them all Dividing lives, dividing worlds Layer upon layer Of mistrust and fear Rage filled eyes Stare at one another Splintered and fractured The world bleeds red From lofty heights Down to the dirt Create disgust For one another Take the bait That lures us in Leading us down This path of savagery Light the fuse And set the world ablaze Secure atop your gilded thrones As you divide us and conquer

Go cinch up the saddle, ol Dunny and me Gonna drive up the cattle where the snow used to be I ain't much for nothin, but still I can ride And the springtime's a-comin Up on the divide, Springtime's a-comin up on the divide Ol Charlie he sold out and he lost everything A fifty-two Chevy and a Navajo ring Busted flat broken and split open wide And the springtime's a-comin On the divide, Springtime's a-comin up on the divide The grave on the hillside is long overgrown Been twenty-two years since I gathered stones Twenty-two more since I made her my bride And the springtime's a-comin On the divide, Springtime's a-comin up on the divide My granddaddy died here in nineteen and three And he gave up this gun that my daddy gave me I'm hopin there's somewhere we can all rope and ride And the springtime's a-comin On the divide, Springtime's a-comin up on the divide The coal company man wants to eat up your coal He'll swallow your cattle, then he'll swallow your soul He'll dig you a grave about ten acres wide And the springtime's a-comin Up on the divide, The springtime's a-comin up on the divide Springtime's a-comin on the divide Springtime's a-comin up on the divide

Ooh-ooh La-da-da-da I never knew I lost you 'till I found you (found you) And I never guessed how close you were to me (me) And now, I wanna throw my arms around you Tell a thousand tales that will astound you Everything about you tells me this was meant to be Don't you see I'm on your side, let's take this ride And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before And The Great Divide, doesn't seem so wide, anymore Na-ah-ah I can't recall what life was like without you (without you) Now, it feels as though we've never been apart (apart) Tell me every tiny thing about you Anything you'll say I'll never doubt you We're meant to be together I can feel it in my heart It's just the start I'm on your side, let's take this ride And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before (never done before) And The Great Divide, doesn't seem so wide And if you'll be there beside me when I falter (you'll be there beside me when I falter) Then, whatever comes I know we'll take it all in stride (we'll take it all in stride) I'm on your side The Great Divide, it doesn't seem so wide I'm on your side (on your side), let's take this ride (take this ride) And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before (never done before) And The Great Divide (and The Great Divide), doesn't seem so wide, anymore

Look around you Left versus right, it's such a painful sight That the real problem isn't the one you fight Take a look around You separate Just like they want it to be Don't know you've been deceived By the ones who tell you you're free Lifetime slaves Unaware of the debt you pay You want to know what I see when I look at you? I see power Power and beauty in a weakened species We should be more evolved than this We weren't made to look like this Fight each other Blame another Kill each other They've been distracting you I refuse to stand by and watch Big banks divide mankind You separate Just like they want it to be Don't know you've been deceived By the ones who tell you you're free I was afraid to expose myself to the world 'Cause if it hated me as much as I love it It's all that I have left This final message is all that I have left