Atlantic Lyrics
Call me when they bury bodies underwater
It's blue light over murder for me
Crumble like a temple, built from future daughters
To wasteland when the oceans recede
Merry in the morning, earn your bitter fodder
It's easier to try not to eat
So flood me like Atlantic, bandage up the trenches
Anything to get me to sleep
[Verse 2]
I woke up surrounded, eyes like frozen planets
Just orbiting the vacuum I am
They talk me through the damage, consequence
And how it's a pain they know they don't understand
Sobbing as they turn to statues at the bedside
I'm trying not to crush into sand
So flood me like Atlantic, weather me to nothing
Wash away the blood on my hands
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Call me when they bury bodies underwater
It's blue light over murder for me
Crumble like a temple built from future daughters
To wasteland when the oceans recede
About
Speculated to be about self harm and a suicide attempt (“don’t wake me up”), either by cutting, drowning, or both (although drowning may be metaphorical). The lyrics reference water, flooding, drowning, blood, and cut wounds (“bandage up the trenches”).
It seems to then go on to describe the aftermath of surviving the attempt, with hospital staff or possibly family members speaking to the victim:
“They talk me through the damage, consequence
And how it’s a pain they know they don’t understand
Sobbing as they turn to statues at the bedside”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
There are a few theories among fans as to the significance behind the depths in the visualizers. The first for “Atlantic” is that 914M is where you can find deep sea anglerfish, one of the creatures featured in the artwork.
Secondarily, the bathysphere which was launched June 11, 1930 off the coast of Bermuda to observe deep-sea creatures perhaps the anglerfish as it’s maximum depth reached was 900M.
Lastly, some believe they just started with 914M as adding 910M each song leads you to 10,924M which is the depth of the Mariana Trench, the deepest known trench on Earth.
September 25, 2023 – Mission Ballroom, Denver, Colorado.
- 1.Atlantic
- 2.Hypnosis
- 3.Mine
- 4.Like That
- 6.Fall for Me
- 7.Alkaline
- 8.Distraction
- 9.Descending
- 10.Telomeres
- 11.High Water
- 12.Missing Limbs
