Adam Young said of this song:
"Brielle is a little town on the coast of New Jersey. I wrote the song after reading Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson in which he recounts the discovery of a World War II German U-boat sixty miles off the U.S. coast in 1991. The song describes a sailor who is about to leave on a long trip and wonders whether he will ever see the girl he loves again.”
I think this song is really, really heartbreaking because (as the story was based on that book) - the book was found 60 miles off the US Coast. So, he never made it back to the town of Brielle. And he never made it back to her. Heartbreaking.
Adam Young said of this song: "Brielle is a little town on the coast of New Jersey. I wrote the song after reading Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson in which he recounts the discovery of a World War II German U-boat sixty miles off the U.S. coast in 1991. The song describes a sailor who is about to leave on a long trip and wonders whether he will ever see the girl he loves again.”
I think this song is really, really heartbreaking because (as the story was based on that book) - the book was found 60 miles off the US Coast. So, he never made it back to the town of Brielle. And he never made it back to her. Heartbreaking.
I've heard other things about the song, but I think this is probably the right one.
I've heard other things about the song, but I think this is probably the right one.