This is my favorite song on King. Here are some things I believe it represents...
The imagery in the song shows a man on the edge of the sea stuck between the rocks. He sees his love leaving down by the shore, and eventually going out to sea never to return. He is singing to a girl that he still loves, even though he broke up with her. All he can do is call to her in vein, wondering what she is doing.
"I'm up against the rock
I could have been anywhere else in the world
I'm holding down this spot"
He still hasn't moved on from her. He is "holding down this spot" where he and his love were once together.
"You kept plans for your grand escape
And I won't see you no more"
She is leaving him after he broke her heart and he feels remorseful.
Cause I will scream send it out to sea
I will live
A mile beyond, a mile beyond that heart of yours
It's broken ain't it torn?
So you will leave for the last time, the last time
His remorse
She set out one night for a place she'd never been
Oh sweet my love
How does it end?
Did you find another house in the sun?
Did you fall in love?
You set sail but did not fail me
Are you coming back again?
He is wondering what happened to her. She does not keep in contact with him after the breakup.
Or have you run like I did?
It's the last time you're gonna do it again
It's in your blood just to say goodbye
This time not for a while
So find your heaven go on
You don't need me
Cause I will scream send it out to sea
I will live
A mile beyond, a mile beyond that heart of yours
It's broken ain't it torn?
So you will leave for the last time, the last time
He has to live with having broken her heart, but he still has strong feelings for her.
He is saying that she has finally left for the last time and she is not coming back. He asks if she ran like he did, possibly because he ran away from the relationship first and is regretting his decision, or because he had to leave because there is no way the relationship would ever work but he wants to imagine her being happy in the future.
Coming to you in the middle of a cold night
Can't arrest the sun but I've been trying
I hear a song floating off a tidal wave
It's alright, it's alright
Nothing gonna touch when you've said goodbye
It's alright, it's alright
A million lost souls looking just like me
Waiting on their love, but they don't believe
He doesn't believe she is coming back to him. Now that she has left he wants her back.
This is my favorite song on King. Here are some things I believe it represents...
The imagery in the song shows a man on the edge of the sea stuck between the rocks. He sees his love leaving down by the shore, and eventually going out to sea never to return. He is singing to a girl that he still loves, even though he broke up with her. All he can do is call to her in vein, wondering what she is doing.
"I'm up against the rock I could have been anywhere else in the world I'm holding down this spot"
He still hasn't moved on from her. He is "holding down this spot" where he and his love were once together.
"You kept plans for your grand escape And I won't see you no more"
She is leaving him after he broke her heart and he feels remorseful.
Cause I will scream send it out to sea I will live A mile beyond, a mile beyond that heart of yours It's broken ain't it torn? So you will leave for the last time, the last time
His remorse
She set out one night for a place she'd never been Oh sweet my love How does it end? Did you find another house in the sun? Did you fall in love? You set sail but did not fail me Are you coming back again?
He is wondering what happened to her. She does not keep in contact with him after the breakup.
Or have you run like I did? It's the last time you're gonna do it again It's in your blood just to say goodbye This time not for a while So find your heaven go on You don't need me Cause I will scream send it out to sea I will live A mile beyond, a mile beyond that heart of yours It's broken ain't it torn? So you will leave for the last time, the last time
He has to live with having broken her heart, but he still has strong feelings for her.
He is saying that she has finally left for the last time and she is not coming back. He asks if she ran like he did, possibly because he ran away from the relationship first and is regretting his decision, or because he had to leave because there is no way the relationship would ever work but he wants to imagine her being happy in the future.
Coming to you in the middle of a cold night Can't arrest the sun but I've been trying I hear a song floating off a tidal wave It's alright, it's alright Nothing gonna touch when you've said goodbye It's alright, it's alright A million lost souls looking just like me Waiting on their love, but they don't believe
He doesn't believe she is coming back to him. Now that she has left he wants her back.