I thought this song was about loving someone who was a drug addict:
The title says: "play crack the sky" aka crack cocaine... I also made some comments after some of the stanzas.
Sent out an SOS call, it was a quarter past four in the morning
When the storm broke our second anchor line
Four months at sea, four months of calm seas
To be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point
The person was doing well- maybe in recovery, and then in the middle of night, they relapsed
They call them rogues, they travel fast and alone
One-hundred-foot faces of God's good ocean gone wrong
What they call love is risk, 'cause you always get hit out of nowhere
By some wave and end up on your own
the person relapsed and it was seemingly out of nowhere
The hole in the hull defied the crew's attempt to bail us out
Flooded the engines and radio, half-buried bow
there is nothing anyone can do to help them, they had a team of people working, maybe doctors to help the addict get better, but it failed...
Your tongue is a rudder, it steers the whole ship
Sends your words past your lips and keeps them safe behind your teeth
But the wrong words will strand you, come off course while you sleep
Sweep your boat out to sea or dashed to bits on the reef
the person lies and claims they are clean/sober but eventually they can't hide that they are using drugs again
The vessel groans, the ocean pressures its frame
To the port I see the lighthouse through the sleet and the rain
And I wish for one more day to give my love and repay debts
The morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west
Things are going downhill, and the worst part is that you can see how everything would be fine if they just stopped using drugs. Also, i'm probably looking too much into the song, but if you look at a map, W is to the left, which suggests that the person is going backwards, not forwards. They are 30 miles back from where they started (before the relapse).
They say that the captain stays fast with the ship through still and storm
But this ain't the Dakota, and the water's cold
Won't have to fight for long
The addict's body is the ship and their mind is the captain, and but their mind will go down with the ship.
(This is the end)
This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear
the addiction and watching the addict suffer is getting old, but it doesn't ever go away, because you love them and that is the nature of addiction.
(This is the calm)
Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath
It is "while you were underneath" implying the singer was not there for that part of the journey. Also, the singer breathing salt, aka maybe snorting cocaine...
(We are drowning)
I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea
(After the storm)
I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean
(Rest in the deep)
I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart
The addict is "dead" in that they want to do their drug and it is keeping the two people apart
(Washed up on the beach)
You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs
The addict is not alone in their battle with their addiction, but the singer knows that it is toxic
(This is the end)
This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear
(This is the calm)
Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath
(We are breathless)
I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea
(After the storm)
I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean
I'm reaching here, but maybe the singer had told the addict that this was the last time and that if they relapsed again they would be dead to them- this is why a "funeral" would be keeping them apart and also, why they "spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean" aka. they didn't fully think about what would happen if the person did in fact relapse again- do they go back on their word or stick to it?
(Rest in the deep)
I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart
(Washed up on the beach)
You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs
(This is the end)
I thought this song was about loving someone who was a drug addict: The title says: "play crack the sky" aka crack cocaine... I also made some comments after some of the stanzas.
Sent out an SOS call, it was a quarter past four in the morning When the storm broke our second anchor line Four months at sea, four months of calm seas To be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point
The person was doing well- maybe in recovery, and then in the middle of night, they relapsed
They call them rogues, they travel fast and alone One-hundred-foot faces of God's good ocean gone wrong What they call love is risk, 'cause you always get hit out of nowhere By some wave and end up on your own
the person relapsed and it was seemingly out of nowhere
The hole in the hull defied the crew's attempt to bail us out Flooded the engines and radio, half-buried bow
there is nothing anyone can do to help them, they had a team of people working, maybe doctors to help the addict get better, but it failed...
Your tongue is a rudder, it steers the whole ship Sends your words past your lips and keeps them safe behind your teeth But the wrong words will strand you, come off course while you sleep Sweep your boat out to sea or dashed to bits on the reef
the person lies and claims they are clean/sober but eventually they can't hide that they are using drugs again
The vessel groans, the ocean pressures its frame To the port I see the lighthouse through the sleet and the rain And I wish for one more day to give my love and repay debts The morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west
Things are going downhill, and the worst part is that you can see how everything would be fine if they just stopped using drugs. Also, i'm probably looking too much into the song, but if you look at a map, W is to the left, which suggests that the person is going backwards, not forwards. They are 30 miles back from where they started (before the relapse).
They say that the captain stays fast with the ship through still and storm But this ain't the Dakota, and the water's cold Won't have to fight for long
The addict's body is the ship and their mind is the captain, and but their mind will go down with the ship.
(This is the end) This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear
the addiction and watching the addict suffer is getting old, but it doesn't ever go away, because you love them and that is the nature of addiction.
(This is the calm) Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath
It is "while you were underneath" implying the singer was not there for that part of the journey. Also, the singer breathing salt, aka maybe snorting cocaine...
(We are drowning) I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea (After the storm) I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean (Rest in the deep) I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart
The addict is "dead" in that they want to do their drug and it is keeping the two people apart
(Washed up on the beach) You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs
The addict is not alone in their battle with their addiction, but the singer knows that it is toxic
(This is the end) This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear (This is the calm) Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath (We are breathless) I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea (After the storm) I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean
I'm reaching here, but maybe the singer had told the addict that this was the last time and that if they relapsed again they would be dead to them- this is why a "funeral" would be keeping them apart and also, why they "spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean" aka. they didn't fully think about what would happen if the person did in fact relapse again- do they go back on their word or stick to it?
(Rest in the deep) I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart (Washed up on the beach) You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs (This is the end)