March Into the Sea Lyrics

Lyric discussion by purplecow200 

Cover art for March Into the Sea lyrics by Modest Mouse

I see that this song is talking about love and he used to be in a relationship with somebody who would abuses him and just take without evr giving. then once she grew tired of him through him away and ignored him. now she treats him like shit and ignores him, but he is still in love with here and when he sees her he feels his heart skip and wishes he could march to his death instead of deal with the pain.

I think the heart skipping is his love for her. But also his need to feel light, kindof how someone who craves strong emotions would seek them. He craves the light she makes him feel.

I think she is sucking all the seasoning off, leaving him exposed (vulnerable). But his heart is pumping blood all over, and he knows how light she makes him feel. Like sun came from the bottom of the sand and pressed light up through the arches of his feet, along through his legs and body until it came out his fingers. "I'll be beating my...

And together they get to have their private life, it's not perfect but at the same time it is, and. His experience is both pessimistic and optimistic. The hands for shaking are gone.

She drags him out of the sea, he trys to let her, or gts lost just having it happen (I'm not sure which), she teaches him to breath. But he has a duality. He is still the disease, flees, the sea. Which makes a confusing juxtaposition, with all that health he has with her. And the world is surreal, his life almost seems muted within it.

But...

And together they get to have their private life, it's not perfect but at the same time it is, and. His experience is both pessimistic and optimistic. The hands for shaking are gone.

She drags him out of the sea, he trys to let her, or gts lost just having it happen (I'm not sure which), she teaches him to breath. But he has a duality. He is still the disease, flees, the sea. Which makes a confusing juxtaposition, with all that health he has with her. And the world is surreal, his life almost seems muted within it.

But...