seaweeds like emerald veins, she sleeps beneath the breaking waves
-talking about the sea
a silent dying ocean's slow defeat
-humans have been severely polluting the ocean over the past few centuries
the floods will rise
-the sea/mother nature will (hopefully) get revenge and wipe out humanity
an end to all this quarrel
-referring to wars/conflicts
a final grace to rid her grief, oh mother show no mercy for me
-the "final grace" being the flood, the singer even admits he's to blame
wash the stains away, come unto me again, open yourself beneath us all swallow, purge the soil, burn the surface, erase the past again
-i think he says "again" because of the story of the flood in the bible. the next verse is a bit more cryptic but open for interpretation
seaweeds like emerald veins, she sleeps beneath the breaking waves -talking about the sea
a silent dying ocean's slow defeat -humans have been severely polluting the ocean over the past few centuries
the floods will rise -the sea/mother nature will (hopefully) get revenge and wipe out humanity
an end to all this quarrel -referring to wars/conflicts
a final grace to rid her grief, oh mother show no mercy for me -the "final grace" being the flood, the singer even admits he's to blame
wash the stains away, come unto me again, open yourself beneath us all swallow, purge the soil, burn the surface, erase the past again -i think he says "again" because of the story of the flood in the bible. the next verse is a bit more cryptic but open for interpretation
i am my brother's keeper -talking about the earth