Oceans

a great song from their new cd dog problems. the song is about a long distance relationship and how he really questions his relationship betweeh himself and his friends/the main woman in his life. a nice chill song to listen to on a summer day :)

this song is about how he misses someone who left Arizona (where Nate is from) to go to California. He wants to follow her. She is "somewhere in the sand" (the beach) "dancing with the stars" (Hollywood), he "wants to be an ocean" (the pacific) so he can see her again. New Mexico is his moat that he can't seem to cross (yeah, it's not DIRECTLY between AZ and CA, but it's poetic license). "The golden state wins again" (California). Finally, he considers leaving and says "it's blue at least that's a plus" (California is a Democratic State, Arizona is Republican, 'red').

I like the similar lyrics in this song to those in "Dear Boy":

"Why can't I trust anyone, no, not even me?" and "Who do you trust I don't trust nobody Not even her? No, not even me"

I LOVE THIS BAND ALMOST AS MUCH AS BEENIE BABIES!!

the lyrics are definitely "the state is blue, at least that's a plus." Nate is from Arizona which is a lot more conservative than California. he's trying to come up with reasons to go to California, other than the fact that he misses her, and that's one of the reasons he wants to leave. plus, all of his references to not being a religious person make me think he's also pretty liberal.

"Maybe it's time I put a profile up of who I want to be Fool everyone, just to start over clean I can hide behind a big blue screen"

i think this is another reference to online dating, like the one in Dog Problems. since he couldn't change himself for this girl, he thinks maybe it will be easier to adopt a new persona if he does it online.

I think it says.... "why can't I trust anyone, no, not even me?" :P

"the golden state wins again"

because i'm obsessed with references to california.. this part seems to be that california won the girl who left him over and she moved there.

but honestly why wouldnt she want to move to CA. haha

love it

my favorite on the cd after "if works permits"

i think the song is about a relationship that ended because religion. he doesn't believe in God and she says she does now, but she doesnt really. and she moved away from them and he's thinking he could change, believe in God or maybe.. she could come back to him. but i could be so wrong. something about religion maybe though.