Nautical Mile exploded into the Denver music scene with instant recognition by Denver's Channel 93.3 (KTCL), the station many claim to be responsible for the record label successes of Colorado acts including The Fray, Meese, Single File, and Tickle Me Pink. After only a few months of their existence, Nautical Mile was nominated as one of the top ten pop acts in Colorado (Westword), as well as being selected to play Channel 93.3’s Big Gig at Fiddlers Green with The All American Rejects, Goldfinger, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Spill Canvas.
The band was conceived in the Fall of 2008 by James Anderson and Austin Rosen who had been playing music together since high school. After cycling through a number of members the band did not truly find it's soul until Janaya Spink, a classically trained singer, brought an entirely new quality many modern rock bands lack. Strongly influenced by The Lawrence Arms, The Strokes, Hopesfall and Rise Against among others, Nautical Mile's sound ascended into a blend of Alternative Rock, Punk, and Indie music. Since the band's creation, the final additions of bassist, Justin Maul and guitarist Jake Putnicki have allowed Nautical Mile to record their first EP "Chasing Shadows" with Andrew Berlin and Christopher Jak at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado. “Wayward” was recently selected for Channel 93.3’s Hometown for the Holidays competition and “quickly garnered radio airplay.”
The band is looking forward to begin touring to expand their fan base outside of Colorado, as well beginning the recording of a second EP. “We are all very excited with how things have gone so far and are excited for our future. Music is our life and always will be.”
Fall
Nautical Mile Lyrics
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This noise is never ending
Its hard to breath when you're on my neck
This pain as deep as my regret
I've never felt such apathy
I'm on my knees, just let me bleed
We empty ourselves
So we feel nothing
Quit stealing the colour from my dreams
We're splitting at the seams
We had it all
And now I'll watch you fall
I wont listen to your screams
Nothing is ever as it seems
We had it all
And now I'll watch you fall
Pretty garbage, good riddance and goodbye
The rotten apple of my eye
I'll clean you out just like its spring
Remember don't come back again
Here I lay my lungs still heaving
Undefeated, heart still beating
We empty ourselves
So we feel nothing
The lyrics of Nautical Mile's song Fall are a reflection of the pain and apathy that one feels after being betrayed or hurt by someone close. The opening line, "Do you even know what you're defending?", is a rhetorical question directed at the person who caused the pain. The line sets the tone for the subsequent lines, which talk about the never-ending noise and suffocation that the betrayal causes. The lines "Its hard to breathe when you're on my neck, This pain as deep as my regret" depict the severity of the emotional trauma that one goes through.
The singer feels a sense of emptiness and apathy as a result of the betrayal, and the line "I've never felt such apathy" serves to emphasize this point. The singer is physically and emotionally broken and pleads to be let go with the line "I'm on my knees, just let me bleed." The lines, "We empty ourselves, So we feel nothing" suggest that the singer has resigned themselves to feel nothing and become emotionally numb.
As the song progresses, the singer takes a more aggressive stance towards the betrayer. The figures of speech in the lines "Quit stealing the colour from my dreams, We're splitting at the seams," mirror the damage done to the singer's emotional state. The lines "I'll clean you out just like its spring, Remember don't come back again" implies the singer's intention to cut all ties with the betrayer and move forward. The singer finally expresses their resilience with the lines, "Here I lay my lungs still heaving, Undefeated, heart still beating," signifying hope and the will to keep going even in the face of betrayal.
Line by Line Meaning
Do you even know what you're defending
I question whether you even understand the cause that you are fighting for
This noise is never ending
The chaos and confusion around us seems to be continuous and endless
Its hard to breath when you're on my neck
Your actions are suffocating and making it difficult for me to move freely
This pain as deep as my regret
The hurt that I am feeling is just as profound as my feelings of remorse and sorrow
I've never felt such apathy
I have never been so indifferent or uncaring towards something before
I'm on my knees, just let me bleed
I am asking to be left alone to deal with the pain and suffering that I am going through
We empty ourselves
We give so much of ourselves to others that we become depleted and hollow
So we feel nothing
And in doing so, we become numb and indifferent to the emotions and experiences of others
Quit stealing the colour from my dreams
Stop taking away the beauty and joy that I find in my aspirations and goals
We're splitting at the seams
Our relationship is falling apart and breaking down at its very core
We had it all
We once shared a strong and meaningful connection with each other
And now I'll watch you fall
But now I am watching as you suffer the consequences of our disintegrating bond
I wont listen to your screams
I refuse to hear or acknowledge the pain and distress that you are feeling
Nothing is ever as it seems
Things are not always what they appear to be on the surface
Pretty garbage, good riddance and goodbye
I am dismissing you and your actions as worthless and undeserving of my time and attention
The rotten apple of my eye
You were once someone of great value and significance to me, but now you are a source of disappointment and frustration
I'll clean you out just like its spring
I will remove you from my life with the same energy and enthusiasm as a thorough spring cleaning
Remember don't come back again
I am setting a clear boundary and telling you that you are not welcome to return
Here I lay my lungs still heaving
I am exhausted and out of breath from the emotional toll of our relationship
Undefeated, heart still beating
But despite everything, I am still standing and my spirit remains unbroken
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Christopher Wilkes
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Larry Scott
The US is still deeply attached to:
Pounds, ounces
Gallons, pints, quarts, ounces
Feet, inches, fraction inches, yard
Acres
Miles, MPH
Fahrenheit
Inches Hg, PSI
Are these imperial units?
Liter is getting used more because beverage companies not law.
JaysSavvy
My man, you left some stuff out.
1. A nautical mile is about 2000 yards or 6000 feet.
2. A "Knot" is a measurement of speed, was based on the 2000 yard/6000ft nautical mile.
3. How a "knot" came to be a measurement of speed.
4. Understanding dead reckoning (Time/Speed/Distance).
Why-D
@Troy I am very sure that all countries un the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) have now metric.
It is not a matter of size.
Just take the roads. Every new road sign build in the next 15 years will have both, miles and kilometer and after this for the next 15 years the kilometer will be big and the miles are small.
And after this 30 years every new sign is just with kilometer.
I would think is 30 years every sign got old and has to be renewed.
That is qwhy I told, it took several decades.
And you use metric all the time.
On the bottles of Coke and Pepsi, you have litres. Only milk is sold in Gallons.
Every lens of a camera has metric numbers. And all people that cross the border to Canada or Mexico already got used to metric.
And even your money is metric from the beginning, at a time in Great Britain they had a shilling six pence.
Aaron green
I actually love this video. Your understanding of sophisticated storytelling, simple visuals and effortless editing literally made me say out loud, "I love this video," to myself. I hope reading that makes you smile mate.
armanke13
I won't call it "effortless"
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Gaetano Roccuzzo
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Poornakumar Das
@Gaetano Roccuzzo
That's a good one !
LivingInVancouverBC
What makes nautical miles even more useful is when you're on the water and using a navigation chart, the vertical edges of the chart have the minutes of latitude. You use a 2-arm compass (not a magnetic compass) and spread the arms until one point is one your location and the other is on the destination. You then simply place the points on the vertical edge of the chart and count the minutes of latitude and that's your distance in nautical miles.
J H
I have been sailing boats since I was a child. I still remember when I first understood how nautical miles work, and how useful it is as a unit of measure. I learned to navigate on paper charts, and I still prefer to do so, rather than using a GPS plotter. It gives me a kind of situational awareness that I can't get from a little led display.
The relationship between distance, time and speed is easy to calculate, and super well adapted for a sailing vessels that move in the ranges of 0-10 knots
Repent and believe in Jesus Christ
Repent to Jesus Christ “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”
Romans 10:10 NIV
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Laura Knotek
What determines a knot?
Gaetano Roccuzzo
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ sure, after you, you first, age before beauty, will follow you closely, right behind you...