Lyric discussion by Tack-o-Rama 

Cover art for The Ocean lyrics by Sunny Day Real Estate

atticusf04 - I think you've got the concept of the song completely wrong.

Instead of encouraging death, I think it's more.. encouraging life. The lines 'deep in the ocean, there lies a wave for you' means to me that no matter how terrible life can be, there will still always be someone or something out there to keep you going.. save you almost.

Then the words, 'When you hit the ground, it's hard to speak but it's who you are.. A shining star' says to me that you may have fallen down in life but you're still special and have your purpose in life, even if you don't agree.

Again, the lines 'every day's another scene' etc seems like Enigk is saying that every day will be different in some way.

Of course, I could go on forever and over-analyse every single line purely because I have listened to this song on repeat when I've been happy, sad, depressed and damn near suicide and I must say that it definitely sparks off hope in my whenever I hear this.

Whew, glad I got that out my system. ;-)