ðə lˈaɪn "hˈæfweɪ bᵻtwˌiːn ðə ɡˈʌɾɚ ænd ðə stˈɑːɹz" ɹᵻfˈɜːz tʊ ɐ lˈaɪn ɪn ˈɑːskɚ wˈaɪldəz plˈeɪ lˈeɪdi wˈɪndɚmˌɪɹz fˈæn: "wiː ɑːɹ ˈɔːl ʌv ˌʌs ɪnðə ɡˈʌɾɚ, bˌʌt sˌʌm ʌv ˌʌs ɑːɹ lˈʊkɪŋ æt ðə stˈɑːɹz", ænd wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ jˈuːzd æz ðɪ ˈælbəm tˈaɪɾəl.
The line "halfway between the gutter and the stars" refers to a line in Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan: "We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars", and was also used as the album title.