The Beach

I think this song is a lot more than about figuring out where two people stand in their relationship with each other, but essentially that’s what the song is about. We can take a look at a deeper analysis to read between the lines, something you must typically do when listening to one of this band’s songs. The first stanza: If I told you that I loved you Tell me, what would you say? If I told you that I hated you Would you go away? Here, the narrator introduces some of the many questions he has with whoever he is singing about. We’ll call them “person 2” because they are exclusively referred to in the second person. So the narrator first states his own uncertainty of what both him and person 2 thinks about their relationship, which could be romantic or just a really close bond. Another thing we can see is that the narrator genuinely wants to move forward and define this murky relationship with person 2, which is why he is speculating the answers of these two questions. Now I need your help with everything that I do I don't want to lie, I've been relying on you Fallin' again, I need a pick-me-up I've been callin' you friend, I might need to give it up These lines tell us that the nature of their relationship from narrator’s end. He clearly needs person 2 in their life for what can be interpreted as selfish reasons. Because he relies on person 2 so much, he doesn’t think he can really call them ‘friend’ for all they do for him. The chorus: I'm sick and I'm tired too I can admit, I am not fireproof I feel it burning me I feel it burning you I hope I don't murder me I hope I don't burden you If I do, I do Here the narrator relays the stress and confusion he feels between him and person 2. He knows that person 2 is also struggling with being connected to the narrator. He knows that he is either too needy or a bad friend/lover that he will soon damage both himself and person 2 if they continues in their confusing/unhealthy relationship. In the last bit the narrator is basically saying that the damage he will cause will be irreparable unless they both do something about it (“If I do, I do”). The second stanza: If I meet you in the middle maybe we could agree You make me feel little how you're looking at me And you can throw me shade, all it does is just cool me off First it just threw me off, now I'm just moving on Now the narrator shows us the negative traits that person 2 incorporates into their relationship. The bottom line here is that he feels inferior to person 2 because that is how they make him feel and he heavily relies them for support. The narrator is now used to feeling inferior, but he still wants to fix whatever problem they have together. Fallin' again, I need a pick-me-up I've been callin' you friend, I might need to give it up This time when he says that the term ‘friend’ cannot be applied to person 2, he means it in a more negative sense. Maybe as a ‘tormentor’ instead of as a support. (Chorus again) Bridge: Swim with me I think I could see the beach I know what's underneath I need you here with me But we're out in the open Swim with me I think I could see the beach Just don't look underneath us I need you here with me but we're out in the open Here the narrator brings up the prospect of solving their issues and finally achieving a healthy relationship by using a beach as a metaphor for this. He says that he needs person 2 with him in order to reach ‘the beach’, but it requires them to be vulnerable and “out in the open” with each other. The narrator also tells person 2 to not look underneath them while they’re approaching the beach, which possibly represents past issues that could be brought back into their arguments and create the toxic relationship once again. The chorus repeats again, which further emphasizes the pressure of the relationship, but also acceptance if the relationship does end up destroying the narrator and person 2 entirely because they failed to figure things out earlier. That’s my interpretation :)

I think the song is about a person who is struggling with serious mental problems and their partner who stands by them through time, which makes the person feel like a burden. This is the fear that the person is dealing with and is based on burdening or dragging that person down with their problems. ( ,, I hope I don't burden you ") On The other hand it is about love. Two people who just want to be together. The singer or writer and / a mistress. They say don't look underneath the facade [ addressing problems or conflicts in the relationship as that complicates everything ] because that always makes things go wrong when others are involved and complicates everything. He desires this person so much that he's not sure if he can go on like this or not. (,, iam sick and iam tired too ") It knows that something will always come between the two of them, because that will always be the case. So the beach here is a synonym for the love of these people or how it should be in their ideas. I don’t know this stupid and sorry for my English