I know what lies beneath. I seen the flash of teeth. Conspiring with the reef, to sink our ship... So I discover Thrice months back, I think in October thru a video. And this was the song that really introduce them to me. The beat at the beginning happens to be so...morose. Something sad but yet, you could relate to. If you get my drift. It's hard to describe a song you feel relax to. The wind's a cheating wife, her tongue a thirsty knife And she could take your life with one good kiss... The song, well, what's the meaning of this song? I read the comments when I read the lyrics and each are different but distinctive. We all have our interpretations. For me, I think, the meaning of this song has to do with dealing with loss and heartbreak. Not a love song but something you lose. Forever maybe. Someone could deceit you and could steal everything. Then overcoming that loss and heartbreak, and somehow, at the end, it could turn out right because you could make that decision if you want to live with that heartache, or move on. Can you see the sky turn red? As morning's light breaks over me... It's not hard to see. There is few symbolism in this song and the meaning of Red Sky. First of all, to see the symbolism in the song, we need to see the symbolism in 'Red Sky'. What does Red Sky mean? It's basically a weather change, or a predicament as they say. There's a weather-lore rhyme: Red sky at night; shepherds delight, Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning It's origins tell us it existed hundreds of years ago, possibly as far as 1935, where is a written version in Matthew XVI Authorized Version*: "When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and louring." So the Red Sky proverb was around for hundreds of years, even more!! And the symbolism?? Where is it? First, I would like to say, we're able to interpret this song to our liking so when I think of it as an Author telling his story instead of Dustin singing, don't get mad. I understand it's Dustin singing. I like the whole 'There's a story behind every song' and I want to see it from the point of view of someone else. Let's see the first verse. 'I know what lies beneath, I've seen the flash of teeth' Could the Author be implying he knows something that the other person didn't wanted to him to know? 'Conspiring with the reef to sink our ship' The person or or soul is plotting with other people or things to bring his ship down or in generally, to bring him down. They don't want to see the Author succeed. 'The wind's a cheating wife, her tongue a thirsty knife' The wind is a personification to something so lovely could be treacherous element, So it could refer back to line one, where he's stating about 'lies beneath' Do he knows that he was deceived? 'Tongue a thirsty knife' He don't mean Frenching but be implying something else 'And she could take your life with one good kiss' Ah-ha. Looks could kill, in a way. The Author is saying 'You will die if you fall into her traps.' 'One good kiss' is a way of saying a trap. The Chorus: 'Can you see the sky turn red?' The ending of the Author's epoch. Somehow, he sees a prophecy of things to come, either good or bad, For he's not sure. 'As morning's light breaks over me' So as the horribleness is happening, he suddenly, in all of his going thru, somehow, sees hope. Finds, believes, whatever. He is certain that he found it. 'Know tonight we'll make our bed' This one is a little tricky. Not having sex (or it could be)Could he just be referring they will be able to sleep calmly? 'At the bottom of the sea' OH. Now this line helps with the previous one. The last line with this one could mean that they could have died and sunk at the bottom of the sea. The Author and the other soul. Second Verse: 'I know the ocean speaks, I've heard her call to me' Another Personification. The sea is calling to him, to warn for a possible sign? 'And smiling in my dreams she whispers this:' He's now dreaming. Or dreamed. The ocean is whispering to him. 'The stars retreat behind their veil' Veil is an article of clothing that usually conceals a part of the head or face. The stars go to hide under the veil. Etymology of Veil:^ "Veil" came from Latin vēlum, which also means "sail". Interesting that this song is referring to the ocean? 'The clouds are clinging to your sail' On the Author'e part, the clouds don't want to let go. A foreshadowing perhaps? 'The storm is coming, can you see?' It would explain why the clouds did not want to let go. They knew something ominous was going to happen Third Verse: 'Look and see the sky turn red' There's a twist. In the chorus, he ask 'Can you see the sky turn red?' asking us if we see what he sees, wickedness and suffering but here he's stating, see now the sky, there's a difference from before 'Like blood it covers over me' The sky now is part of him. He embraces, but what? freedom? The fact he overcame what he was going thru? 'And soon the sea shall give up her dead' I like this line. The Author must have realize that a certain point, you have to give up. Perhaps let go of the past. 'We'll raise an empire from the bottom of the sea So we reach to the conclusion of the song. The Author gave up or overcame his sorrowness to perhaps, move on in his life, to become someone greater This song is actually could be consider to be vague. Anyone could believe what they want and reading the comments were aspiring. If anyone wants to comment, free to go ahead and comment. You want to be an a-hole and say crap about this? Go ahead, and say it. This is a free country after all. Bibliography: *)http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-sky-at-night.html ^)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil#Etymology