The band formed in 2007 with vocalist Jared Popkins, guitarists Beef and Erik Mack, bassist Robbie Matthews and drummer Christian Aroz. The band played shows with a wide variety of national acts including The Baby Lottery, Knights Of The Abyss, Messengers, and more.
In 2011 the band joined the Powerline Management roster, and in 2012 the band parted ways with guitarist Erik Mack. In April, the band announced the addition of guitarist Stefan Kostaras, formerly of This, My Vendetta to replace Mack, along with the May 19th release of their first EP.
2 Hardcore band from Hernani, Basque, Spain. They released the Arrogance EP and the Contrasts EP
Oceans
Beneath the Surface Lyrics
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I have laid out in front of me.
I never thought that it would come to this.
The color of my dreams helps me to see.
You wanna feel like you used to feel.
I wanna be who I used to be, but I can't connect with reality anymore.
I've been losing touch since I learned how to feel anything.
I'm so far away from where I should be.
Where are my eyes? I can't see the sunset.
I'm so far away from where I was.
I don't even recognize you.
What is your name?
Where have you gone?
What have I done?
I don't even recognize you.
What is your name?
The lyrics to Oceans by Beneath the Surface are reflective and melancholic in tone. The song is about a person who feels disconnected from reality and is struggling to come to terms with the situation they find themselves in. The first verse talks about how the person never thought their life would come to this point, and they are struggling to reconcile their dreams with the harsh reality they are facing. The color of their dreams is the only thing that provides them with any solace or help in seeing their way forward.
The second verse of the song speaks to the person's struggle to connect with the world around them. They want to feel the way they used to feel, be who they used to be, but they can't seem to make that connection anymore. They feel like they are losing touch with the world since they learned how to feel anything. The chorus of the song repeats the sentiment that the person is so far away from where they should be, and they don't even recognize the people around them; they don't remember their names, and they wonder what they've done to get to this point.
Overall, Oceans is a song about feeling lost and disconnected from the world around us. It's about struggling to find our place in the world and feeling like we don't recognize the people and situations we find ourselves in. The lyrics are poignant and thought-provoking, and can be relatable to anyone who has felt lost or out of touch with themselves.
Line by Line Meaning
Taken back before the situation
Reflecting on a time before the current circumstances.
I have laid out in front of me.
The current situation is clearly presented before me.
I never thought that it would come to this.
The current situation was unexpected.
The color of my dreams helps me to see.
My aspirations keep me motivated through tough times.
You wanna feel like you used to feel.
Desiring to experience the positive emotions of the past.
I wanna be who I used to be, but I can't connect with reality anymore.
Longing to return to a previous version of oneself but struggling with the present circumstances.
I've been losing touch since I learned how to feel anything.
Difficulties in coping with emotions have led to a disconnection from reality.
I'm so far away from where I should be.
Feeling buried by the current circumstances that are far from one's envisioned future.
I am so far away from where I was.
The current circumstances have led to a far departure from a previous version of oneself.
Where are my eyes? I can't see the sunset.
The beauty of the natural world is no longer visible due to the current circumstances.
I'm so far away from where I was.
Feeling buried by the current circumstances that are far from one's envisioned future.
I don't even recognize you.
The situation has changed so much that even familiar people no longer seem familiar.
What is your name?
The extent of the unfamiliarity of the situation has left the person unrecognizable.
Where have you gone?
Feeling that everything that was once there now seems to be gone.
What have I done?
Searching for an explanation or reason as to how things have gone so wrong.
I don't even recognize you.
The situation has changed so much that even familiar people no longer seem familiar.
What is your name?
The extent of the unfamiliarity of the situation has left the person unrecognizable.
Contributed by Caroline M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Psiho Strumpf
@Raz 66
Did you know that answer to that eternal question ''what came first?'' is always - the egg. The egg came first.
How come?
Well, long story short - chicken is a bird, isn't it? And all birds descended from animals that dwelled on Earth much earlier. Dinosaurs.
And those dinosaurs also laid eggs.
Actually, not only that dinosaurs laid eggs... but, egg (amniotic sac) is the very thing that made animals conquer land masses.
Amniotic sac - amniotes, a clade of tetrapod vertebrates, is named after Greek word ἀμνίον (amnion), meaning "membrane surrounding the fetus". Amnion membrane, for example, served for embryonic protection. Chorion (the outer most membrane) served for gas exchange, respiration. Allantois membrane served for metabolic waste disposal/storage.
It gave parents an option to reproduce away from bodies of water. Also, better homeostasis in dry surroundings. And much more efficient air respiration which could power terrestrial locomotion. As well as safety from predators...
So, they came up with an egg thing, and here we are.
Bible said that world is 6-7 thousand years old... which means - no early terrestrial life.
No dinosaurs even.
No dinosaurs, no chicken.
No chicken, no chicken eggs...
My question is - was that omlet i had for breakfast even real?
Kidding. Not to show any lack of respect towards your beliefs, i simply chose a light hearted way to say that it is hard for many to accept it, if there is no consistencies - which is again a simple way of saying, we cannot pick and choose.
Scientific method is one of the greatest reaches of human mind.
It is hard to discard it, once you let it perfectly click with your human experience.
It is a shame to ignore it.
Stay well...
Gus Pisano
An interesting addition to the explanation of this process would have been to set some parameters to this "faster than expected" cooling event. Will the magnetic field go away in a time frame shorter than it will take the sun to increase enough in brightness to boil away the oceans?
In other words, will the planet be habitable long enough for this faster cooling event to matter
Psiho Strumpf
I remember one anecdote told by Carl Sagan when he was lecturing students about our Sun's future and how it will grow enough to not only boil the oceans, but probably blow away few kilometers of upper layers of Earth's crust. One nervous student held his hand up high until professor noticed him and asked: was it 5 million or 5 billion years until such event? And after Carl Sagan laughed a bit, he told him that it probably wouldn't matter to any of us, but it is expected in 5 billion years... not millions. After which the student blew a sigh of relief. Hahaha! Anyway, not to rain on your parade, but this planet most likely won't be habitable long enough for anything to matter on such scales, including faster cooling...
MrLeftfootlouie
I can't help but laugh at all you scientists. Yes ,laugh because it's been known since the beginning of time that God created the world.
Raz 66
In the Bible it says water burst from the deep fountains of the earth . And it says water is below the firmament .
Paul Thomas
I'm sure this time they've got the final theory.
damntreess
@Raz 66 The firmament is the heavens genius.
Scott Ramson
With each new discovery, I am leaning more and more towards my belief that Theia The object that hit Earth creating our moon was a water world!!! This would explain Many key points like how Earth cooled fast enough for life to begin, Why Earth was not completely distorted by this impact, although the explosive impact took large enough chunks of earth rock creating our moon, And how Earth received its water that has been proven originated in the outer solar system!!!
I would Love to see what super computers would say in this scenario!
SeaJay Oceans
It would also point to the source material for Life : A water world impact could have brought along a lot of little critters with it...
Raz 66
In the Bible it says water burst from the deep fountains of the earth . And it says water is below the firmament .
ertren6
@SeaJay Oceans how would they have survived the impact?