Maritime is an American indie-pop band formed in Milwaukee in 2003 after th… Read Full Bio ↴Maritime is an American indie-pop band formed in Milwaukee in 2003 after the breakup of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan.

After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier (of The Promise Ring) and bassist Eric Axelson (of The Dismemberment Plan) hooked up and started a band called In English. The group quickly signed a deal with the record label,ANTI-, and hired J. Robbins to produce their record. Robbins had previously produced records for both The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After delivering the record to ANTI-, the label heads decided to pass on the record. The band changed their name to Maritime and signed with DeSoto Records. The band went on tour and self-released an EP called Adios on their own label, Foreign Leisure. On April 1, 2004 the band released their debut full-length album, Glass Floor on Desoto Records.

On February 6th, 2006, Eric Axelson announced he was leaving the band. He was replaced on bass guitar by Justin Klug.

Their second album, We, the Vehicles, was released April 18th, 2006 to wide critical acclaim along with a third, Heresy and the Hotel Choir in October 2007 on Flameshovel Records.

In 2011 Maritime returned with the album Human Hearts, featuring the single "It's Casual."

Magnetic Bodies/Maps of Bones was released in 2015.

Website: http://www.maritimesongs.com

If All My Days Go By
Maritime Lyrics

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If you wanna go out
Hide your shoulders
From all the foolish shapes
That might give you away
We are guarded,
By all unclarity.
And the urgency is beating me.

Now all my days go wondering by,
There's a moment in the evening where we fortify.
All my days go wondering by,
When your near as well there's heaven in another life.

All the music without tunes,
Without meaning,
Devil horns and angel wings.
Now the girl on the street,
Keeps repeating,
The earth's under stone rings,
And newspaper clippings,
They described the night,
Cried for mercy,
Apostrophes of life,
They've taken enough,
Unresisted,
And we're calling out their bluff,
Take me as i show you how.

Now all my days go wondering by,
There's a moment in the evening where we fortify.
All my days go wondering by,
When your near you know there's heaven in another life.

I stay out of the light,
Hide my shoulders,
And all my foolish shapes,
That might give me away,
I am guarded,

From all unclarity,
And the urgency is breathing in me now

Overall Meaning

In Maritime's song "If All My Days Go By," the lyrics suggest a sense of guardedness and apprehension in the face of an uncertain and confusing world. The first verse begins with the advice to hide one's shoulders to avoid giving oneself away to the "foolish shapes" that surround us. The singer reflects on the pervasive sense of "unclarity" that guards us all and the urgency that beats within them. The second and third stanzas describe a world without meaning, where even music lacks its usual power, and newspaper clippings describe scenes of chaos and tragedy.

Amidst all this confusion and chaos, however, the song offers a glimmer of hope. The chorus suggests that, despite everything, there are moments in life where we can "fortify" ourselves against the uncertainty of the world. When we are near those we love, there is "heaven in another life" - a sense that even if this world is confusing and uncertain, there are moments of grace and transcendence to be found.

Line by Line Meaning

If you wanna go out
If you want to leave

Hide your shoulders
Conceal yourself, don't expose your vulnerabilities

From all the foolish shapes
From all the people who might judge you

That might give you away
That might reveal something about you that you'd rather keep hidden

We are guarded,
We are protected

By all unclarity.
By keeping our intentions and feelings ambiguous

And the urgency is beating me.
There's a sense of immediate importance that I can feel strongly

Now all my days go wondering by,
Now my days pass aimlessly

There's a moment in the evening where we fortify.
There's a time at night where we strengthen ourselves, perhaps mentally or emotionally, for the challenges ahead

When your near as well there's heaven in another life.
When you're close by, it feels like a paradise compared to the rest of my existence

All the music without tunes,
All the noise and commotion without meaning or purpose

Without meaning,
Lacking significance

Devil horns and angel wings.
Good and bad coexisting

Now the girl on the street,
Now there's a girl I see outside

Keeps repeating,
Keeps saying the same thing over and over

The earth's under stone rings,
The planet is surrounded by layers and layers of rocks

And newspaper clippings,
Articles from newspapers

They described the night,
They reported on the events of the night before

Cried for mercy,
Begged for help or relief

Apostrophes of life,
Marks of punctuation representing an abbreviation in a sentence

They've taken enough,
They've had their fill of something