A Shipwreck In The Sand

Actually, this may be the title track of A Shipwreck In The Sand, but it really isn't apart of the main story line. The beggining, th part in quotation marks is a story that the man guy is reading to his daughter, the "You crossed the line, I was honest I never promised anything...." is part of the main story; The man starts his house on fire in a attept to kill his daughter and wife, but couldn't go threw with it an saves their life. After moving into a hotel the wife starts cheating on the husband with his best friend. Filled with regreat the husband starts drinking, realizing he has a problem. And he's angry because his wife isn't thankful he saved her life and burns down his x-wife an best friends home, killing the best friend. In the process getting his child taken away, and blamd for arision.

its about creating a band (the brotherhood). But them not getting anywhere. The Captian who im guessing would be the singer or the band founder. Follow your dreams, because if you don't try, you fail. So if you dream of being a musician and becoming famous but dont try, you basically fail. Which Silverstein did, they tried and didnt fail showing that it is possible.

Then the rest of the song is about the band starting to get uneasy because they arent getting the fame that the founder thought they would.

The new resources they were searching for to make life easier and more enjoyable would be the money they would get from the fame.

"You've lost your mind I was honest and never promised anything Just a brotherhood to stand for something And even if they disagree Follow your dreams If you don't try, you fail"

"You've lost your mind" "I was honest I never promised anything, Just a band to stand for something Follow your dreams of being famous If you don't try, you fail"

You're wrong, this has nothing to do with the band.

"This union, a battle fought and lost" - so you're saying they "lost"? No, they didn't.

Okay, so here's my theory:

This song goes along with the general story of the album as a reference to the whole general idea of the story, just in a different time period. Betrayal. Greed. All of the aspects of the over all story of the album, but sort of in the form of a story book. Which is my point. I think that this song is a book that the main character is reading to his child (daughter, I believe), sort of like a bedtime story. This would make sense as it only places references to the main story, but doesn't actually mention the main characters. He want's to show his daughter what he's going through, but put it in a more epic bedtime story.

But anyways, just my speculation. Open to all interpretation.

This song, to me, is talking about how people can put so much trust in someone, or a leader. But all along that leader is corrupt, or crazy, and you turn on them because you know that there is nothing out there or nothing to be gained.

This is song is simply amazing. Silverstein made another great, epic song just like "Discovering The Waterfront." This song has so many meanings. The first part is the overview of what is occurring and a little bit of what is happening today in life. The second part is about the Captain telling the crew the consequences of the journey and what to expect. The third part is about the crew giving up on the journey. So they betray their Captain, by locking the Captain up. When the Captain asks why, it seems that the crew became impatient about no being able to find anything. They gave up on the Captain. The fourth part is the crew, or the Captain, saying "You've lost your mind. The Captain tells the crew that he stated "I was honest and never promised anything..," from the beginning. The Captain also tells the crew that if they don't follow their dreams, they'll fail, but they seem reluctant. The fifth part states that the Captain's dreams are over because the crew gave up. It also states that the crew died with the Captain, taking away the Captain's love for life. The last part talks about how the union was never with the Captain's dream, the cause.

I think this has a little bit of a biblical since to it. like how people gave up on Jesus and crucified him, thasts what i got from it

And also it's not just about the money and fame, its about doing what you dream of and standing for something, which only the captain could see.

I understand that each song on this album is apart of a bigger story but I'm pretty sure this particular song is about a failed marriage in which one of the partners simply didn't try to save it and gave up.

"...excited to be a part of this union." - I tend to consider union to be more aptly applied to a marriage than a crew.

"They...vowed to be there no matter what, in sickness, health, and...death." - This is straight out of a marriage ceremony.

"As time passed by, there was no new land to be found. As the days grew shorter, and the nights grew longer and colder, the crew became more and more skeptical about the captain's vision." - This sounds like a marriage that is drifting apart.

"Originally passionate and committed, true and faithful, they now began to revolt." - "Passionate", "Committed", "Faithful", this person has fallen out of love and is revolting by stepping out on the marriage.

"He asked them why Their minds had changed There's no gold to be found No treasure in the ground We won't die for this We won't die for you" - metaphor

"if you don't try, you fail" - giving up on the marriage

"This union, a battle fought and lost This union was not about the cause This union was never about love This union, this union" - bla bla bla, you get what I'm saying

The Song is About the sinking of a boat of dominicans who were trying to reach puerto rico in 2001

The Shipwreck in the Sand Refers to the fact that the boat hit a coral reef and 57 people died after being adrift for three weeks

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