In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Run from this town with the empty eyes
Four million hearts and they're burning now
Stolen the words that were elected to say
And I watched them all collide in the cavalcade
I was told where you hide from the shortwave
I was sent in the night in the cold
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww what's in your empty eyes
And I watched them all collide in the cavalcade
They said their goodbyes from the shortwave
Said kill all the swine, young and old
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Take it off
Eww you're like the ocean
Take it off
Eww you're like the innocent
Take it off
Eww you're like the ocean
Take it off
Eww you're like the innocent
Take the noose around my neck
Take it off
Four million hearts and they're burning now
Stolen the words that were elected to say
And I watched them all collide in the cavalcade
I was told where you hide from the shortwave
I was sent in the night in the cold
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww what's in your empty eyes
And I watched them all collide in the cavalcade
They said their goodbyes from the shortwave
Said kill all the swine, young and old
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the innocent
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww you're like the ocean
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Eww what's in your empty eyes
Take it off
Eww you're like the ocean
Take it off
Eww you're like the innocent
Take it off
Eww you're like the ocean
Take it off
Eww you're like the innocent
Take the noose around my neck
Take it off
Lyrics submitted by jworldwide
Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent, Pt. 2: The Innocent Lyrics as written by Kevin Laing Jace Lasek
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Run from this town with empty arms Find all your homes, and I'd burn them down Start all the wars that we wanted to see And I'd watch them all go by in the cavalcade
Was told where you hide from the short wave Was sent in the night, in the cold
You're like the ocean, you're like the innocent What's in your empty eyes?
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This was the first song I ever listened to by this band and it is still one of my favourites!
From the very beginning when the drums and the heavy symbols start. The line "what's in your empty eyes" get's me everytime lol. The harmony gives me goosebumps! As for what the song means, I'm not 100% sure, but I love it anyway!
What I've read on their website is that the main guy sings a lot about two spies that interact and chase each other (the main woman, who is married to the main guy, sings about different stuff). Everything is fictional, and it seems that the stories told are not linear, so there is no sense of chronology. So now, I have a different understanding of this album. It's a bit like flipping channels during spy movie week, and discovering that each channel is a different, completely unrelated spy movie, but featuring the same two spies. This album features a lot of war and destruction, possibly started by these spies.
Based on this, I get two possible interpretations. In both, Spy 1 (first person) was sent to destroy a town where Spy 2 was hiding, in order to be sure Spy 2 is either killed or bogged down in the chaos, or perhaps to flush him out. The difference in the possible interpretations lies in the second verse--either Spy 2 is speaking about Spy 1 (and thus has possibly discovered the plan or that something will happen), or Spy 1 is justifying the destruction he causes in the first verse by referencing some atrocity that Spy 2 set into motion.
The last part seems to be figurative, relating to the cat-&-mouse game the spies are playing, and could be spoken by either.