Track Insight / Lyrics
You carve a line in the gray sand.
You hold the map in your right hand.
Iron and oil in the deep soil.
Watch as the heavy pots boil.
Build up a wall by the salt spray.
Keep all the foreign ships away.
Copper and gold in the cold hold.
Stories of conquest are told.
Draw the line, watch the empire grow.
Plant the seed, let the commerce flow.
One big map, one single golden view.
Painting the world in border line blue.
Tanks on the ridge of the green hill.
Waiting for orders to stand still.
Steel in the rain, feel the sharp pain.
Counting the losses and gain.
Draw the line, watch the empire grow.
Plant the seed, let the commerce flow.
One big map, one single golden view.
Painting the world in border line blue.
The lamp turns round in a slow arc.
Cutting a hole through the deep dark.
The clock ticks on with a steady beat.
Cold white stone beneath your bare feet.
Trade in the port for a silk dress.
Clean up the ruins of the mess.
Ships in a row, watch the wind blow.
Learning the way that you go.
Cities of glass in the high sun.
War for the land is almost done.
Write out the law in a black ink.
Standing right there on the brink.
Draw the line, watch the empire grow.
Plant the seed, let the commerce flow.
One big map, one single golden view.
Painting the world in border line blue.
Border line blue.
The lamp stays true.
Border line blue.
