This is a great song, and a great cd. Well, to actually give some meaning to this song, I think the overall song is about losing feelings for a girl. They use a lot of sea metaphors that you can easily decipher, for example:
It's too late, it's too late
I think the tide has come to wash you out
Wash you away from here
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It's too late to go back and change things, he lost feelings for her, and you can't stop the tide from coming, it's gonna come and it'll wash away whatever's in its path.
Here comes the storm
It's moving in and swallowing
Like the bottom half of an hourglass
And we're running out of space
Go and ask the captain
Do it now, do it before we drown
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The bad is overweighing the good in their relationship - find a way to fix it, or they're gonna end.
Empty ocean is all we see
The North Star is all we need
This time is probably right for everyone
To say their goodbyes
"Mayday, mayday!" she said to me
However, it's too late
Captain, oh captain, we've lost our direction
^The relationship is going nowhere (empty ocean is all we see) and he wants a way out because he thinks it'll be better for the both of them (the North Star's all we need). She doesn't want to leave though, she thinks they can work it out (Mayday! Mayday! she said). But he doesn't think they can fix it...it's too late.
This is a great song, and a great cd. Well, to actually give some meaning to this song, I think the overall song is about losing feelings for a girl. They use a lot of sea metaphors that you can easily decipher, for example:
It's too late, it's too late I think the tide has come to wash you out Wash you away from here
^ It's too late to go back and change things, he lost feelings for her, and you can't stop the tide from coming, it's gonna come and it'll wash away whatever's in its path.
Here comes the storm It's moving in and swallowing Like the bottom half of an hourglass And we're running out of space Go and ask the captain Do it now, do it before we drown
^ The bad is overweighing the good in their relationship - find a way to fix it, or they're gonna end.
Empty ocean is all we see The North Star is all we need This time is probably right for everyone To say their goodbyes "Mayday, mayday!" she said to me However, it's too late Captain, oh captain, we've lost our direction
^The relationship is going nowhere (empty ocean is all we see) and he wants a way out because he thinks it'll be better for the both of them (the North Star's all we need). She doesn't want to leave though, she thinks they can work it out (Mayday! Mayday! she said). But he doesn't think they can fix it...it's too late.