Someone Has to Die
Maritime Lyrics

The leaves came down
The seasonal change marked by the falling of leaves

And you walked by them
Acknowledging the changes in nature and the passing of time

All year around the trees fall at your feet
The cyclical nature of life and the constant process of growth and decay

Southbound birds and the winter bees
The natural instincts of animals to migrate and adapt to changing conditions

Are soldiers in the army
Metaphorically comparing the natural world to an organized military force

All good souls they do surround me
Feeling the presence of those who have passed on

And our lives
Reflecting on the interconnectedness of all living things

Mountains come
Recognizing the power and permanence of natural structures

Under attack when the trade winds blow
The fragility of these seemingly invincible structures in the face of external forces

Rivers dry
The impact of changing weather patterns on the environment

Change direction that is all they know
The inevitability of change and adaptation

It's predetermined
Acknowledging the concept of fate and destiny

A life span shrinks the hand of skeletons
The inevitability of death and decay

And newborns
The cyclical nature of birth and rebirth

All I know is someone has to
Acknowledging the brutal reality of death

Someone has to die
The necessity of death for new life to emerge

To make room for you and I
The idea of death creating space for new growth and relationships

Our love goes
The enduring quality of love in the face of mortality

I don't care
Expressing detachment towards the specifics of death and its location

If it happens in Argentina yeah
An arbitrary example of a distant location where death may occur

Or way out north
Another example of a far-off location

Of the coast in Norway on an island
A specific example of a remote location

With no name
A place so remote and insignificant that it does not have a name

There's no survivors all the same
The finality and inevitability of death

No telephone
A lack of communication and connection in these remote places

We're all in line
The universal experience of mortality and death

Your blood will tell you when it's time to turn
The body's natural instincts and internal clock

Down your sword
The futility of fighting against the natural course of life and death

This is not a warrior's war
The acceptance of mortality as a natural process, not a battle to be won or lost

But the news just gets distracting
The overwhelming amount of news and information about death can be distracting from the present moment

And our new love keeps on reacting
The power of love and human connection in the face of death

Our love goes crazy all the time
The intense and unpredictable nature of human emotion

You and I
Addressing a specific person as a partner in the experience of love and mortality

Our love goes crazy all the time
The enduring and passionate nature of love

Someone has to has to die
Repetition of the central theme of the song, emphasizing its importance and inevitability