Hit the Coast
Navigating Loss and Liberation: Hit the Coast by Future Islands
Lyrics
I can't feel
I am emotionally numb
I can't feel, for you
I am unable to feel emotions for you
I'm just fine, as is
I am content with myself as I am
I don't mind if that's it
I don't mind if this is the current state of affairs
If I can't feel
If I cannot feel, I cannot fight for you
I can't fight for you
I cannot fight for you without the ability to feel
It's not my right if I can't fight
If I cannot feel, it is not my right to fight
I can't lose
I am incapable of losing
For you
I cannot lose for you
So without you
So, in your absence
I'll hit the coast
I will travel to the coast
Hit the coast
Reiteration of the decision to hit the coast
Hit the coast
-Hit the coast
-Pressing play
Starting to play an old tape
On this old tape
Regret about playing the old tape
Was a bad move
It was a mistake to play the tape
Reduced to hiss
The tape's quality reduced to hiss, indicating deterioration
Some record I loved
A record once loved
Some record I've missed
A record missed in the past
Just static, an absence
Only static remains, emphasizing absence
And I heard you say you didn't need me
Someone expressing they don't need the speaker
Or any of these things
Reference to tapes and the speaker's feelings
These tapes
The tapes are now causing discomfort
And these days they're frying in my backseat
Tapes are deteriorating in the backseat, but the speaker is free
But I'm flying and free
The speaker is flying and free
And I'm not crying
The speaker is not crying
But I can't even look to think
The speaker cannot even bear to think
Hit the coast
Reiteration of the decision to hit the coast
Hit the coast
-Hit the coast
-Hit the coast
-Driving, in silence In my car
Driving in silence in the speaker's car
It's all that I can take
The silence is all the speaker can endure
And nothing I could do
The speaker feels powerless to change the situation
I put my whole life in my car
The speaker has invested their entire life in their car
When you go
A message to take what one can when leaving
Just take what you can take
Encouragement to change what is within one's control
And change what you can do
Advice to take control of what one can change
I'll hit the coast
Reiteration of the decision to hit the coast
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