To me, the ocean represents depression. She is feeling down, and thus is drawn to the ocean. The ocean has lost a people (people lost to depression and suicide). She goes to her friend, who helps rally her just by being there, but that is a double edged sword, because to the extent he can't, it hurts (the ones that can know you so well are the ones who can swallow you whole). The ocean warns her again of its dangers, of those who have not survived it.
So she tries to put on a brave face, to prove she is more land than water, but he sees through that, and explains he knows the ocean well. The town that means solace for her is depressing to him, with nothing to do in the after hours but drink and/or be alone. He tells her that she is the precious one, the one who rallies him, and that the ocean does more than warn him. It lures him, to the point where he is tempted to just walk into the ocean and suicide (drown).
He repeats her lyric that she is the precious one keeping him safe from the ocean, with the overall moral that you can't always tell on the surface how depressed or lonely someone might be, that we all need each other to remind us that there is something to live for.
Not sure if that is what Dar meant by the song, but it is what it means to me. Brilliant song.
To me, the ocean represents depression. She is feeling down, and thus is drawn to the ocean. The ocean has lost a people (people lost to depression and suicide). She goes to her friend, who helps rally her just by being there, but that is a double edged sword, because to the extent he can't, it hurts (the ones that can know you so well are the ones who can swallow you whole). The ocean warns her again of its dangers, of those who have not survived it.
So she tries to put on a brave face, to prove she is more land than water, but he sees through that, and explains he knows the ocean well. The town that means solace for her is depressing to him, with nothing to do in the after hours but drink and/or be alone. He tells her that she is the precious one, the one who rallies him, and that the ocean does more than warn him. It lures him, to the point where he is tempted to just walk into the ocean and suicide (drown).
He repeats her lyric that she is the precious one keeping him safe from the ocean, with the overall moral that you can't always tell on the surface how depressed or lonely someone might be, that we all need each other to remind us that there is something to live for.
Not sure if that is what Dar meant by the song, but it is what it means to me. Brilliant song.