"Into the Ocean" by Blue October

I'm just a normal boy
That sank when I fell overboard
My ship would leave the country
But I'd rather swim ashore

Without a life vest I'd be stuck again
Wish I was much more masculine
Maybe then I could learn to swim
Like 'fourteen miles away'

Now floating up and down
I spin, colliding into sound
Like whales beneath me diving down
I'm sinking to the bottom of my
Everything that freaks me out
The lighthouse beam has just run out
I'm cold as cold as cold can be
Be

I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion, yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now, come down
Let the rain come down

Where is the coastguard
I keep looking each direction
For a spotlight, give me something
I need something for protection
Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine
The jetsam sunk, I'm left behind
I'm treading for my life believe me
(How can I keep up this breathing)

Not knowing how to think
I scream aloud, begin to sink
My legs and arms are broken down
With envy for the solid ground
I'm reaching for the life within me
How can one man stop his ending
I thought of just your face
Relaxed, and floated into space

I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion, yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now, come down
Let the rain come down

Now waking to the sun
I calculate what I had done
Like jumping from the bow, yeah
Just to prove that I knew how, yeah
It's midnight's late reminder of
The loss of her, the one I love
My will to quickly end it all
So thought no end my need to fall

Into the ocean, end it all
Into the ocean, end it all
Into the ocean, end it all
Into the ocean, end it all

Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)

I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion, yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now, come down
Let the rain come down

Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
(In to space)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
Into the ocean (goodbye) end it all (goodbye)
I thought of just your face.

This song is a description of the singers depression and suicidal tendencies.

This song tells of a dream spawned by a man's depression over the death of a loved one. He dreams of drowning and fighting to keep alive, but when he thinks of the one he has lost, it seems that he gives up. He's tired of fighting when he's so miserable and (seemingly) alone. He loses to will to live and he dies. At the point where he says "midnight's late reminder," this says that it was all a dream. That's basically the outline of the song. Before I post my complete interpretation though, I'll let you people think on it.

This song is amazing. It's written like poetry and composed in such a deep way. I LOVE IT! It's like "The Man Who Can't Be Moved." I love it so much, it takes root in my brain and keeps reverberating on and on, but I don't care. In fact, I love it! It doesn't drive me insane like "Disturbia" did. (Even though I like it.)

This is a sort of rock song, but it's just a little bit more rock than "The Man Who Can't Be Moved." It's got a sort of riffing beat that sounds like some sort of steel drum, only deeper. I don't really know what it is, but it's quite unique. It's got an low-electric guitar and bass.Drums and cymbals are used, and for it's crowning piece, a mandolin (or something like it) is used with a bow, making the most exquisite sound.   So, if you are one of those people who doesn't enjoy rock as much should REALLY enjoy this song. It's absolutely amazing.

This next statement is one reason I love music. some people who were contemplating suicide changed their minds after hearing this song. 

 

Into the Ocean," with Delahoussaye's seductive violin siren call and plucked mandolin, openly contemplates a death wish with so much honesty, fans write to the band, claiming tracks like this have prevented their own suicidal impulses.

"I love Justin's lyrics," says guitarist [CB] Hudson, ..."Our music touches people in the heart. I'm really proud of that."

"If I have saved others, I don't know what to say," admits Justin. "But if I can do that for them, why... can't I do that for myself?"^[1]

^{From Wikipedia.}