Ocean Floor
Eternal Tides: Love, Loss, and Redemption in Before Time's 'Ocean Floor'
Lyrics
I'll make it clear
I will be upfront and clear
I've not come back
I have not returned
But I love you so I'll make it last
Despite not returning, I love you, and I want our love to endure
I'll make it work
I will make our relationship work
Like no one asked
I will put effort into it, even if no one requested
We died tonight but we still laughed
We experienced a metaphorical death tonight, but we found moments of joy
Don't make me choose
Don't force me to make a choice
My answer's clear
My response is clear
It's on the news cause I'm all you hear
Our relationship is in the news because I am all you hear
I'm in your bed
I am in your bed
Whisper in your ear
I whisper in your ear
But I'm better, I'm better without you here
Despite being better without you, I am here
She ran me over with a four-by-four
She hurt me significantly, possibly emotionally
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
I want my lifeless body to rest at the ocean floor as a form of escape or release
Can't hear her laughing anymore
I can no longer hear her laughter
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
Reiteration of the desire for rest on the ocean floor
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Knock, knock, knock, I took a walk
Indicating a visit with a knock, knock, knock
So I'm standing at your door
Stating a presence at the listener's door
She fell for a guy she can't afford
She fell for someone she couldn't afford
So he went to another party
He attended another party, suggesting a lack of commitment
Shot her neck up his nose
Drug use is implied with the mention of shooting up
She fell for a guy she can't afford again
Repetition of her falling for someone unaffordable
She ran me over with a four-by-four
Recurrence of emotional harm, possibly betrayal
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
Desire for rest on the ocean floor reiterated
Can't hear her laughing anymore
Loss of her laughter emphasized
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
Reiteration of the desire for rest on the ocean floor
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
-Girl can you stop holding my neck so tight
A plea to stop the intense control or influence
You know it can't feel right
A realization that the situation doesn't feel right
You know it can't feel right when it goes one way
Highlighting the contradiction in the relationship dynamics
but you were the brightest light
Recognition of the listener as a bright light in the speaker's life
She ran me over with a four-by-four
Repetition of emotional harm, possibly betrayal
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
Desire for rest on the ocean floor reiterated
Can't hear her laughing anymore
Loss of her laughter emphasized
Let my cold body rest on the ocean floor
Reiteration of the desire for rest on the ocean floor
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