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in the sight of eight lakes
in the sound of screaming girls
in the sight of black black black
in the view of ground ground ground
ground ground ground
below, below me
beneath, beneath me
below, below me
beneath, beneath me
in the sight of red red red
red blood
in the thought of getting caught
caught under the water
under the water
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
and with his fingers he would push
and with his fingers he would pull
and with his fingers he would push
to come back up
and with his fingers he would push
and with his fingers he would pull
and with his fingers he would push
to come back up...
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
in the sound of screaming girls
in the sight of black black black
in the view of ground ground ground
ground ground ground
below, below me
beneath, beneath me
below, below me
beneath, beneath me
red blood
in the thought of getting caught
caught under the water
under the water
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
and with his fingers he would pull
and with his fingers he would push
to come back up
and with his fingers he would push
and with his fingers he would pull
and with his fingers he would push
to come back up...
beneath, beneath it
below, below it
beneath, beneath it
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Submitted by
hellomagda On Feb 12, 2009
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Gorgeous song. I always heard "eight legs" at the beginning...? I was thinking the 'screaming girls' were scared of a spider? Could be wrong.
Seems to be about a man drowning. He is wounded (probably by a shark?), other swimmers are screaming. The song starts with first person impressions, then switches to an objective perspective, maybe indicating that the protagonist is dying. He struggles to come up again, but there seems to be no chance of being saved. Strong contrast between soothing, romantic music and some very, very dark lyrics. Very moving.
@dastedden I think it is more metaphorical than literal personally ... drowning is a common metaphor for struggles in life (depression, stress, challenges)
@dastedden I think it is more metaphorical than literal personally ... drowning is a common metaphor for struggles in life (depression, stress, challenges)
I personally see this as a personal struggle, and a more metaphor of drowning than literal. The person is struggling with something in their life, and they are "drowning" in life.
Poetically drowning is used to create imagery for depression / stress in life. That is the stresses of life become too much and it feels like you are drowning (that is you thrash around hopelessly but can do little to stay afloat).
The title (and repetition of "below it") suggests that they are trying to escape the stress by getting underneath it, but to do so would require them to give in totally and drown. Yet they keep fighting / thrashing about to stop themselves from being totally submerged!
@sokorny I agree, there is most probably a metaphorical meaning to the song, hinting at a personal struggle in life. Nevertheless, „8 Lakes“ (a region in Florida, as I found out, obviously not inhabitated by sharks :-)), „screaming girls“ and „red, red blood“ are very concrete and precise images, so literally drwoning is the first thing that comes to my mind, as well as the strong emotional effect cdreated by the contrast between words and music. Since the lyrics offer not much additional information, they are open for several interpretations, of course. Maybe someone else comes up here with a...
@sokorny I agree, there is most probably a metaphorical meaning to the song, hinting at a personal struggle in life. Nevertheless, „8 Lakes“ (a region in Florida, as I found out, obviously not inhabitated by sharks :-)), „screaming girls“ and „red, red blood“ are very concrete and precise images, so literally drwoning is the first thing that comes to my mind, as well as the strong emotional effect cdreated by the contrast between words and music. Since the lyrics offer not much additional information, they are open for several interpretations, of course. Maybe someone else comes up here with a completely different SongMeaning?