It's been so long
And tin cans and string for years
Is all that we've known
Could it be you're really here?

'Cause my eyes are open, and everything still moves in slow-motion
Breathless and blue, and behind your eyes, the sea
Oceans of light envelop me

But things can't be as they seem
I'm so far from home
This must be another dream, but my eyes are open


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Atlantic Lyrics as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge Dustin Michael Kensrue

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    " It's been so long And tin cans and string for years Is all that we've known Could it be you're really here?"

    Like how in church you read about it and talk through priests and finally after so long you get to see him

    "'Cause my eyes are open, and everything still moves in slow-motion Breathless and blue, and behind your eyes, the sea Oceans of light envelop me" ... "Oceans of light envelop me" god is sending his light & warmth that whole section seems like a heavenish place

    "But things can't be as they seem I'm so far from home This must be another dream, but my eyes are open"

    well its not heaven lol because you should know that its heaven when your there so its obviouly not

    so overall i think its a dream about heaven or about someone close to being dead and is feeling that hes almost there

    Cypher1994on October 15, 2005   Link

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