The use and the balance of contradictions are an important trademark of Seabound. The songs range from cold, synthetic, sometimes harsh sounds to catchy, sometimes fragile melodies, merging day and night.
The lyrics deal with obsession, devotion, doubts, anger and fear. Yet there is always an underlying craving for fulfillment in the songs, a quest for love. Seabound combine vulnerability with anger, fantasies of power with fear. An ubiquitous theme of their songs is the challenge of confronting your deepest and most personal desires.
Their music is personal and honest, but blended with a lot of fantasy. They offer very personal insights into the psyche and they would like to take you on a strange emotional journey.
They also sing about the sea and boat-related things.
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Torch
Seabound Lyrics
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Say goodbye to sanity
There is hope
(A ray of hope)
Down to the wire
Gone, gone
Hand me a match
This is a story about fire
One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
For our queen
To play her way
Rooks and knights
Built a solid wall
For her protection
One by one
We couldn't go on
To keep the balance
Between Madness and affection
Our queen enchanted everyone
Fatal play
One night
Our queen just walked away
And every time we managed to calm down again
You returned with more poison
And every time we managed to navigate a while
You filled our souls with more outrage
(Torch)
When the sirens broke down
We were still here
(Torch)
Igniting more fires
To burn down every
Responsibility
(Torch)
When the towers collapsed
You whispered my name
Princess of fire
Desire
I do remember you
Darkness comes
At nightfall
This place is quiet and abandoned
Smoke and ember
Attest to what we had
Now checkered wasteland
One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
To please our queen
Fulfill her desire
Our walls have fallen
Treasures stolen
Our queen is long long gone
And I dream of fire
The lyrics to Seabound's song Torch discuss the themes of sacrifice, obsession, and destruction, linked to the symbol of fire. The first stanza sets the tone of the song, where the singer utters the lines "Say goodbye to gravity/Say goodbye to sanity," implying a departure from logic and reality. The chorus introduces the idea of a burning torch as a symbol of rebellion and a call to tear down responsibility and expectations. The verse narrates the story of a chess game where the players sacrificed their pieces for the queen, who was eventually abandoned by her subjects. The second chorus reinforces the theme of destruction and introduces a character called the "Princess of fire" who ignites more flames.
The final verse returns to the aftermath of destruction and abandonment, as the singer describes a "checkered wasteland" and "smoke and ember" as reminders of the cost of obsession and sacrifice. The lyrics are haunting, and the striking images of fire and destruction invoke a sense of urgency and danger.
Overall, the song portrays the negative consequences of unrestrained passion and the dangers of playing with fire. It highlights the fragility of human relationships and the disastrous effects of pushing oneself and others to extremes.
Line by Line Meaning
Say goodbye to gravity
We are leaving behind the laws of physics and the physical world.
Say goodbye to sanity
We are leaving behind rational thinking and mental stability.
There is hope
(A ray of hope)
But despite this departure from reality, there is still a small glimmer of optimism and possibility.
Down to the wire
We are facing a critical and urgent situation.
Gone, gone
The situation is irreversible and we have lost something dear to us.
Hand me a match
This is a story about fire
We are resorting to destructive means to cope with our loss, and the song is a metaphor for the process of grieving.
One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
For our queen
To play her way
Rooks and knights
Built a solid wall
For her protection
We metaphorically sacrificed parts of ourselves (the pawns) to maintain a sense of order and protect our desires (the queen) from being destroyed. We fortified this protection with logic and reasoning (the rooks and knights) to further safeguard our desires.
One by one
We couldn't go on
To keep the balance
Between Madness and affection
Our queen enchanted everyone
Fatal play
One night
Our queen just walked away
Eventually, the maintenance of this balancing act became unsustainable, leading to the queen's departure. The queen symbolizes an ideal that we can never truly obtain, which ultimately leads to our downfall.
And every time we managed to calm down again
You returned with more poison
And every time we managed to navigate a while
You filled our souls with more outrage
We keep falling back into destructive habits because we are continually exposed to toxic behaviors and experiences that provoke negative emotions within us.
(Torch)
When the sirens broke down
We were still here
(Torch)
Igniting more fires
To burn down every
Responsibility
(Torch)
When the towers collapsed
You whispered my name
Princess of fire
Desire
I do remember you
Despite the collapse of everything around us, we are still here, lashing out and destroying everything in our path. This behavior is fueled by desire and the memory of the past.
Darkness comes
At nightfall
This place is quiet and abandoned
Smoke and ember
Attest to what we had
Now checkered wasteland
We are left with nothing but destruction, and the quiet aftermath of our destructive behavior is a reminder of what we once had.
One by one
We sacrificed our pawns
To please our queen
Fulfill her desire
Our walls have fallen
Treasures stolen
Our queen is long long gone
And I dream of fire
Once again, we sacrificed parts of ourselves to maintain an unattainable ideal. But we couldn't sustain this ideal, and it eventually led to our downfall. Now, all we have left are memories of our destructive behavior.
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Say goodbye to gravity