The Mariana Lyrics
I don't know where I have been lately
I found myself in somewhere strange
The devil took me underwater
He filled my lungs so I could change
[Chorus]
My God
How did I get here without my God?
Someone always has to be the man
(Mariana, are you there?)
[Verse 2]
The ice was forming all around me
The plants were climbing me for light
I fell into the Mariana
I was a mirror for the night
[Chorus]
My God
How did I get here without my God?
Someone always has to be the man
[Post-Chorus]
The man
I know
You have, you have to be
Or not to be
The man
The man
I know
You have, you have to be
The man
You have, you have to be
To be
The man
About
“The Mariana” opens A Deeper Sea, Everything Everything’s 2018 companion EP to their 2017 album, A Fever Dream.
The song’s title is a reference to the deepest part of world’s oceans, The Mariana Trench, which singer/lyricist Jonathan Higgs explained is a metaphor for depression and suicide and how they relate to ideas of masculinity. The frontman pointed out that while the song handles some very heavy themes it is hopeful at the same time.
Interestingly, Higgs teased the song title in a tweet asking his followers about the correct term for the Mariana Trench. It seems that he chose to crowdsource as a means of fact-checking himself.
Q&A
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Vocalist and songwriter Jonathan Higgs told NME:
It’s about male identity and suicide and the current crisis there is, whether you believe it or not, with being male. I’m trying to get my head around that and thinking about it quite a lot so I wrote this song. There’s a line about drifting down into the dark sea and falling into the barrier and the [Mariana] trench. It’s another way to talk about all of these things like depression.
- 1.The Mariana
- 2.Breadwinner
