Oceans Away
Love's Desperate Voyage: Oceans Away by Jade Bates
Lyrics
I knew you in another life
The speaker feels a connection to someone from a past life.
When I wasn't scared to close my eyes
In the past, the speaker was not afraid to sleep or be vulnerable.
But now I'm fucking terrified
The speaker is now deeply afraid.
Cuz the one I love He did not survive
The person the speaker loved has died.
He lost himself along the way
The loved one lost themselves or their identity.
Crumbled underneath the waves
The loved one faced a downfall or collapse.
Physically he's lying next to me
Physically present but emotionally distant or absent.
But in his mind in his heart oh he's
Emotionally and mentally distant, disconnected.
Oceans away
The loved one is figuratively far away, unreachable.
Oceans away
Reiteration of the emotional distance.
Out past the waves
Symbolic distance beyond turbulent times.
Oceans away
Repeating the sense of distance.
I'd sail away to find you
The speaker would make efforts to reunite despite challenges.
I'd search for days and days
Determined to search persistently.
But I know if I found you
Recognition that even if found, the loved one would be incomplete or changed.
There'd only be half anyway
The loved one is not whole due to the loss or change.
The other half is a ghost now
A part of the loved one is no longer present, possibly emotionally or spiritually.
And you live in a ghost town
Metaphorical depiction of the loved one residing in a place of emptiness or desolation.
Where people got swept away by greed
People were consumed by their greed and suffered consequences.
Now they're the prey
They became victims or targets due to their actions.
Oceans away
Continuation of the theme of emotional distance.
Oceans away
Reiteration of separation, echoing longing.
Out past the waves
Emphasizing the vastness of emotional distance.
Oceans away
Repeating the feeling of being far apart.
I knew you in another life
Revisiting the connection from a past life.
When I wasn't scared to say goodbye
In the past, the speaker was not afraid of parting.
But now I'm fucking terrified
Present fear of separation.
Cuz the one I love
Reiteration of the loved one being far away.
Is oceans away
Conclusion emphasizing the distance between the speaker and the loved one.
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