the song is a metaphor for a relationship. In this case, the ship is the narrator and the ocean is the other person (presumably the female). McCulloch is comparing the grueling hardships of a Christoper Columbus-like journey over the seas to a relatioship. The waves are the obstacles or the hardships that accompany any normal relationships; the ocean rain is the emotions that are stirred in relationships, basically representing tears. The narrator is essentialy "screaming from beneath the waves" of the other person to express all the sorrow that this other person has caused him to feel.
Basically this song's a comment on the powerful emotions that relationships can stir. McColluch makes this comment in a very poetic fashion, very Poe-like, or to a lesser extent, Wilde-like.
the song is a metaphor for a relationship. In this case, the ship is the narrator and the ocean is the other person (presumably the female). McCulloch is comparing the grueling hardships of a Christoper Columbus-like journey over the seas to a relatioship. The waves are the obstacles or the hardships that accompany any normal relationships; the ocean rain is the emotions that are stirred in relationships, basically representing tears. The narrator is essentialy "screaming from beneath the waves" of the other person to express all the sorrow that this other person has caused him to feel.
Basically this song's a comment on the powerful emotions that relationships can stir. McColluch makes this comment in a very poetic fashion, very Poe-like, or to a lesser extent, Wilde-like.
and that's why the bunnymen kick ass.