Arctic Foxes
Prawn Lyrics

The lyrics to Prawn's Arctic Foxes express a sense of disappointment and resignation when a relationship has not turned out as expected despite the singer's attempts to stay optimistic. They begin with the singer acknowledging their initial hopes when they say "I thought I'd stay positive," but then the situation deteriorated in a way that they "never thought would get so bad." The second stanza references a conversation with the other person in the relationship when they "said what we needed to say," and even though the other person "left when [they] needed to leave," the singer is still struggling to cope with the aftermath. They feel that they have reached a breaking point, with the line "I'm getting past the point of pleasure," and that they are trying to find a new direction to follow.

The chorus takes a more universal perspective, suggesting that regardless of the individual circumstances of this relationship, everyone is ultimately fated to become "parts in the sea," i.e., forgotten and insignificant. The final repetition of the first stanza reflects the singer's ongoing sense of disappointment and surprise at how things have turned out.

Overall, the song captures a sense of trying to come to terms with disappointment and loss, while recognizing that the singer's experience is ultimately just one part of the larger human experience of transience and impermanence.