[Verse 1] One fifty-four, the hour held its breath Zabulon and I had crossed the day and night Vahan’s empty prairies dragged behind our steps Ram’s western ridges cut the border line [Pre-Chorus] Batyah waited somewhere past the stone At the summit, wire crackled blue An electrified fence barred the road But Zabulon knew a hand to turn the key [Chorus] Through the wire, over the line Past the gate where the dark sparks fly One patrolman chose the other side One quiet door, and we slipped inside [Verse 2] He worked beneath the dictator’s rule A uniform, a secret, a measured sign He helped the hunted cross the border Then vanished back into the watchful line [Pre-Chorus] Down the slope, Batyah’s ground below The mountain’s shadow closed behind Then headlights tore across the black And burned their white fire into my eyes [Chorus] Through the wire, over the line Past the gate where the dark sparks fly One patrolman chose the other side One quiet door, and we slipped inside [Bridge] I raised my hand against the glare The transport stopped a breath away Two young patrols climbed out, rifles up “Hands in the air!” they shouted our way Mid-twenties, maybe thirty-one Their barrels found us in the night Zabulon stood close beside me And I held my ground beneath that light [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] We crossed the wire, we crossed the line Now two hard voices split the night One hidden ally brought us through But here ahead, the rifles shine We crossed the wire, we crossed the line No road behind, no safe reply Zabulon, stay close to me We meet the border eye to eye [Outro] Hands in the air The mountain behind Batyah before us And nowhere to hide
