Fine Line
Harry Styles Lyrics

Harry Styles’s song Fine Line is a poignant ballad about the complexity of relationships. The opening lines “Put a price on emotion, I'm looking for something to buy” describe the emotionless and materialistic world in which we live in. The singer is searching for something to hold on to, and although he is fully committed to the relationship, he admits in the next line that he can feel hate as well. He wants to avoid conflict, and instead, he suggests that they get some drinks and think of her.

In the second verse, the singer explains the internal struggle he is faced with, saying, “Test of my patience, there's things that we'll never know.” Despite his efforts to remain patient and understanding, he is slowly losing his grip on the relationship. The line “Spreading you open is the only way of knowing you” is a reference to the idea that there can be no true intimacy without vulnerability.

The chorus repeats, “We'll be a fine line, we'll be alright” as if reassuring himself that the problems in the relationship are only temporary and that they will get through them. The song is a beautiful and melancholic expression of the fragility of love and the difficulties of maintaining it.