Marching along
Like a good soldier does
Im setting sail
With anchors
Holding me down
Pack up my bags
Stow them away
Im bidding farwell
To all that is safe
Will I come up for air?
Come up for air
[Chorus]
After a while the current is calling me
Lulling me waving goodbye
Im out here alone, oh god can you save me now?
Sinking my heart turns to stone
Withering away
A shrinking violet dies
So full of life
These lights have dried me out
Into the sea
Needed a drink
I never thought
This would consume me whole
Will I come up for air?
Come up for air
[Chorus]
Save me. Take me home
(over and over again)
Save me. Take me home
(wishing that this all would end) [x2]
[Chorus x2]
Save me. Take me home
(will I come up for air?) [x2]
Save me. Take me home
(over and over again)
Save me. Take me home
(wishing that this all would end)
Not something you would expect from a metal band. i agree with Scyon, i think he was in the Navy. He's probably going out there by himself, and he hates it, and might even be afraid of dying there, so he wants God to save him now.
I think this is about someone who enlisted in the navy, and is now going underwater in a submarine. The part that says "will I come up for air" made me think of that.
I think this song is about someone stuck in the daily grind after moving away, and wants to get back to the way things used to be, with family and friends and whatnot.