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One chants out between two worlds: Fire walk with me.
— Twin Peaks · 1990
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Half oath, half spell, the poem is the series' creed: a vow to pass through darkness and face the evil rather than look away. Its last phrase, Fire Walk with Me, also became the title of David Lynch's 1992 prequel film, and it is fans' favourite password. People quote it as a challenge, as a tattoo, and as a short way to say they are heading into something frightening on purpose.
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In context
Spoilers for Twin PeaksShow the scene
The rhyme belongs to the one-armed man Mike, also known as Phillip Gerard, a spirit who once partnered with the killer BOB until he saw the face of God, cut off his own arm to remove a tattoo reading "Fire walk with me", and set out to stop him. Cooper and Mike speak the poem together in Episode 13 ("Demons", ABC, 3 November 1990), when Mike is brought in to Sheriff Truman's office. In The Return (2017), Mike repeats it to Cooper in the Great Northern basement.
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- Twin Peaks Wiki: Episode 13Plot summaryReference checked
- Twin Peaks Wiki: MikeConflict with BOB; later appearancesReference checked
- Wikipedia: Mike (Twin Peaks)Character overviewReference checked
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