This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Here in your coma
Here in your sleep
You have lost yourself somehow
I can't stand to see you cry
Tonight
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Alone
Here in your empty
There's no breeze
Claustrophobic in your skin
Refuse reflections
When they're from me
So in my eyes they will end
Tonight
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Holding me down
Tonight
You are emotionless
Hold on
And on
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Holding me down
Keep me alive in you
Just keep me alive in you
Just keep me alive
Here in your sleep
You have lost yourself somehow
I can't stand to see you cry
Tonight
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Alone
Here in your empty
There's no breeze
Claustrophobic in your skin
Refuse reflections
When they're from me
So in my eyes they will end
Tonight
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Holding me down
Tonight
You are emotionless
Hold on
And on
You dream under lonely eyelids
Find what you're looking for
You sleep in underwater silence
Holding me down
Keep me alive in you
Just keep me alive in you
Just keep me alive
Lyrics submitted by monoxidejuggalo0
Underwater Silence Lyrics as written by Benjamin David Einziger Benjamin Einziger
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I feel the song could be about depression. The singer is singing to someone who's depressed or perhaps in a rut that they can't look beyond or refuse to escape.
In the first stanza it seems the person being sung to has distanced themselves or perhaps just closed themselves off (here in your coma, here in your sleep) and thus is unable to realize that the people who care are reaching out (you cannot hear me, although I scream).
I think the chorus is the point where the singer asks questions, states what he sees;
"You dream under lonely eyelids, Find what your looking for? You sleep in underwater silence (Alone)"
So I think the singer is basically asking, "You've distanced yourself, did you find what you're looking for or are you still lost?" I'm not sure whether the addition of "Alone" at the end of the first chorus is the reply of the lonely person, or just an observation by the singer about the 'singee'.
The second stanza illustrates best how alone the person being sung to is (herein you're empty/there's no breeze), how trapped they feel (claustrophobic in your skin), and how they probably feel unable to respond to others' reaching out to them (refuse reflections). Although, as that last line is followed by "when they're from me" I wonder if perhaps the person being sung to is just distancing themselves from this person singing, maybe the singer knows it hence that last line, "so in my eyes they will end".
While the depressed person is the one whose state is described by the title I think the person singing is affected too, while at times this song sounds to be his last effort to reach the person he's singing to he's giving it his all, begging them to 'hold on' and remember that he is there to help, 'keep me alive in you'.
The two things I thought this song might be about, for all the (mundanely detailed) reasons above is either depression, or a bad breakup.
The great thing about this song is the versatility of it's lyrics to represent certain situations (good songs should have that right?). All those comments made previously were pretty good and it was interesting to read the various ideas the song inspired about it's meaning. Glad to see Underwater Silence was appreciated by others, it's most certainly a great one.