Lyric discussion by leesaenz 

He is clearly saying "How am I gonna be an octopus about this?" He is conflicted. On one hand, he wants to validate himself and live his lifelong dream of being an octopus. But alas, he is just a man and can never be a part of octopusdom. It's quite sad really.

And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been squids before

lmfao :p

how am I gonna be an octopus about this?

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