I hear the waves crash far below;
The rocks are leaping for the sky
They're starving for the air, for a bone to break,
A dream to smash apart, but I don't care
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
This cliff has been well worn by ignorance
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
They float face down they all look so content
I don't know why I'm even here
Guess I'm afraid to be alone
And down below I see my crew they look okay that can't be blood
The water here is far to blue
And gravity seems far away, but I can hear her Call my name
It's so comforting to know I'll never have to think again
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
This cliff has been well worn by ignorance
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
We float face down but don't we all look so content
The rocks are leaping for the sky
They're starving for the air, for a bone to break,
A dream to smash apart, but I don't care
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
This cliff has been well worn by ignorance
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
They float face down they all look so content
I don't know why I'm even here
Guess I'm afraid to be alone
And down below I see my crew they look okay that can't be blood
The water here is far to blue
And gravity seems far away, but I can hear her Call my name
It's so comforting to know I'll never have to think again
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
This cliff has been well worn by ignorance
It looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
We float face down but don't we all look so content
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See You in the Shallows Lyrics as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge Dustin Michael Kensrue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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this song is about having doubts about just following the crowd and fitting in ie 'taking the plunge' and just going along with everyone else, as has happened to so many others who have had doubts - 'this cliff has been well worn by ignorance'. also it refers to letting everyone else make your decisions for you - 'it's so comforting to know i'll never have to think again'. but then the 'narrator' just decides to go along with it all anyway, 'it looks deep enough from here, i'm diving'. It's written from a fictional perspective of someone who just ends up following the crowd despite their own doubts, and the lyrics are meant to highlight the naivety of their thoughts. ie 'that can't be blood, the water here is far too blue'
Or this whole thing could be the opposite, where you take a leap of faith and are content even if you die because you took the leap. (this being faith driven, then?) MOST likely it's the first one because the rocks want the dreams to smash apart. Why would he refer to faith as merely a dream, as if not real. If that's the point.
"i hear the waves crash far below
the rocks are leaping for the sky
they're starving for the air
for a bone to break , a dream to smash apart
but i don't care"
Espescially the last couple lines.