In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I create to destroy at hand
This path I made in the sand
(Tragedy haunts its prey)
And I'm off to the deepest depths
To forfeit my place on this land
The tide pulls you in to me
As one, adrift in the sea
(We finally float away)
The feeling is free and
You'll find yourself drifting with me
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
The horizon is just ahead
The end of the dry lives we've led
(Tragedy haunts its prey)
You know what I think of them
You sutured my wounds when they bled
So what's to become of us?
The answer has yet to be seen
(We finally float away)
As fate puts us side by side
You'll find yourself drifting with me
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
(Chad Ginsburg Solo)
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
This path I made in the sand
(Tragedy haunts its prey)
And I'm off to the deepest depths
To forfeit my place on this land
The tide pulls you in to me
As one, adrift in the sea
(We finally float away)
The feeling is free and
You'll find yourself drifting with me
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
The horizon is just ahead
The end of the dry lives we've led
(Tragedy haunts its prey)
You know what I think of them
You sutured my wounds when they bled
So what's to become of us?
The answer has yet to be seen
(We finally float away)
As fate puts us side by side
You'll find yourself drifting with me
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
(Chad Ginsburg Solo)
Don't hold your breath for long
If the undertow's getting too strong
There's no reason for you to come alone
Lyrics submitted by visyxx6
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Its about 2 guys who go swimming at night in the ocean, one wants to have fun and the other just wants the sea to take him away
i think the undertow and stuff is a metaphor not literal. PerishedGod is right
i think this is my favorite song off of AACBF. very mellow and smooth. Of course its all metaphorical. about not wanting your loved one to be dragged down with you if, i assume, the relationship is difficult or whatnot.
According to Deron it's not metaphorical, I have no problem with people thinking it is but please don't state it as fact, kthx. If it were metaphorical, I'd see it along the lines of a suicide pact in general, with one of the people having second thoughts.
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...boy, I'm such an idiot. Just got what this song is really about, and after I bitched at people for not believing Deron's literal interpretation. The man is clearly lying to protect his own vulnerability.
This is a song about alcoholism and mental instability.
The narrator is aware of his volatile mental state ("I create to destroy at hand") and feels that his life will always be like this ("tragedy haunts its prey").
I believe that the water in this song is a metaphor for alcohol. So "I'm off to the deepest depths" is about drinking, which causes the narrator to "forfeit [his] place on this land". He feels that his drinking isolates him.
The next part is about how the narrator and his wife/partner are bound together. "The tide pulls you in" is about how his mental instability binds his partner to him. "Yet you'll find yourself drifting with me."
"Don't hold your breath for long" is where the narrator is telling his partner not to expect him to change, because he cannot. The "undertow getting too strong" is the undercurrent of his alcoholism and mental health issues that lies beneath their relationship. "There's no reason for you to come along" - the narrator is giving his partner a get-out clause, saying that just because they're married, she doesn't have to put up with all of his problems. He knows that he is going to self-destruct (see first line of song) and he doesn't want to drag her down with him.
"The end of the dry lives we've lead" - dry, as in sober. He's saying that his alcoholism has got so bad that he will never be "dry" again. "You sutured my wounds when they bled" refers to their bond and how she has been there for him.
Rest is self-explanatory. This is what I think, given that when this album was written/recorded, Deron was struggling with his alcoholism. He'd never admit that it's such a personal song, but I truly believe it is, from Deron to Felissa.
Feel free to contradict me, but you won't change my mind =)