"Saferwaters" as written by and Peter/loeffler Loeffler....
The city's saving grace
But whoever knows, nobody knows
Why he rolled the eyes back
Why he rolled those eyes, those heartless eyes
I won't pretend to lie once more
Protect my mind aside
You say goodbye
Keep all the things, you mark the place where I exist
Our world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
Still learning what chaos kills
But whoever cares, nobody cares like you do
Why we don't bend in time, just shut the door
Why we come to the wall, claim less is more
The city's saving grace
But whoever knows, nobody knows
But I won't pretend to lie once more
Protect my mind aside
You say goodbye
Keep all the things, you mark the place where I exist
Our world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
That world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
The city's saving grace
But whoever knows, nobody knows
But whoever knows, nobody knows
Why he rolled the eyes back
Why he rolled those eyes, those heartless eyes
I won't pretend to lie once more
Protect my mind aside
You say goodbye
Keep all the things, you mark the place where I exist
Our world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
Still learning what chaos kills
But whoever cares, nobody cares like you do
Why we don't bend in time, just shut the door
Why we come to the wall, claim less is more
The city's saving grace
But whoever knows, nobody knows
But I won't pretend to lie once more
Protect my mind aside
You say goodbye
Keep all the things, you mark the place where I exist
Our world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
That world is calling
So I'm crawling back to sea
Against the surge of waves that
Held us, with that ancient grip beneath
Retreat to safer waters
The city's saving grace
But whoever knows, nobody knows
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I think virtually everyone beyond the age of 20 or so has at some time come to the realization that the more you know, the more complex and tiresome life can feel. Personally, I sometimes still wish I could retreat back to my more innocent, naive state of mind as a child. No politics, impending disasters, harsh realities, etc. Ignorance certainly can be bliss.
I'm not suggesting it's the "correct" interpretation, but it's what this song means to me. It has a borderline introspective theme to it, and I dig that immensely.
beautiful lyrics though. "against the surge of waves that held us, with that ancient grip beneath" is absolutely poetic.
The man that society is alienating is the city's saving grace; he could help the world out but noboy knows because they never take the time to find out his point of veiw, a view that sees all the shallowness and stupidity of the people who won't accept his help, which is why he rolls his eyes. Since the masses won't listen to him... those eyes are heartless. He has no pity for stupid, and will probably end up thinking "I told you so." He's not lying, he won't be fake for the sake of the rest of the world, and he gives up trying to make others see. And they say he doesn't understand what's going on. When he leaves, the public ridicules him for leaving society... saying that he's devolving. And once he's gone, the world starts to realize what their created choas killed when it pushed him away (still learning what choas killed). He's kind of like a cowardly Howard Roark
"Other tracks are more imaginative, such as "Saferwaters," which is about a misanthrope who strives to distance himself from humanity. "The guy is really sick of being a part of the human race, so he says he's crawling back to sea," says Pete. "It's taking an evolutionary mindset. He can't stand being on the earth, so he's basically going back home to the water."
Surely one of my favorites from Vena Sera at this point.