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I love how this song starts slow and melodramatic, then cuts to a power chord driven rock part. To me, the first part of the song asks what point to life there is. Ben's friend, Curtis, had passed away and Ben even says after three weeks no one talks about the deceased friend. Or maybe Ben is waiting to die because life is fragile..."all I do is wait."
My favorite line has to be "My mother used to hold me I hold her now that she's old." It's so simplistic it's genius.

I think Ben is trying to convey his feeling of uselessness. After his friend is gone, he can't help but feel like he has no purpose, that his end is inevitable, and he feels devastatingly insignificant. I think he feels overwhelmed about how things can change so drastically.
I love the way he sings "So I guess everything's just perfect."

"all i do is fueled by a selfish need to feel like i have something special to give." .. that's not in the song.. is there another version?