Atlantis
Seafret Lyrics


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The birds have left the trees
The lights bores onto me
I can feel you lying there all on your own

We got here the hard way
All those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get dark?
It's in my heart, it's in my head
I never take back the things I said
So high above
I feel it coming down
She said
In my heart and in my head

Tell me why this has to end
Oh no, Oh no...
I can't save us
My Atlantis

We fall
We've built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us
My Atlantis
Oh no
We've built it up to pull it down
Now all the birds have fled
The hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I've ever known
It's all become too much
Maybe I'm not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you I would go

It's in my heart, it's in my head
You can't take back the things you said
So high above
I feel it coming down
She said
In my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh no, Oh no...
I can't save us
My Atlantis
Oh no
We've built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us
My Atlantis
Oh no
We've built it up to pull it down
And we've built it up
And we've built it up
And we've built it up to pull it down

And we've built it up
And we've built it up
And we've built it up to pull it down

I can't save us
My Atlantis
We fall
We've built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us
My Atlantis




Oh no
We've built it up to pull it down

Overall Meaning

Seafret's "Atlantis" is an emotional ballad that speaks to the feelings of heartbreak and loss, specifically the loss of a relationship that was once strong but has now crumbled. The song tells the story of two people who have struggled to maintain their love, and who have finally reached the end of the road. The lyrics use powerful imagery to convey the deep sense of sadness and regret that the singer is feeling.


The first verse of "Atlantis" sets the stage for the rest of the song. The opening lines, "The birds have left the trees, The lights bores onto me" paint a picture of emptiness and loneliness. The next line, "I can feel you lying there all on your own," suggests that the relationship has ended, and that the singer is now alone.


The second verse of the song is where the emotion really comes through. The singer reflects on the journey they have taken as a couple, and wonders whether the many words and promises they exchanged were worth it. The lines "Is it any wonder things get dark? / It's in my heart, it's in my head / I never take back the things I said" communicate the deep pain and regret that the singer is feeling.


In the chorus, the singer admits that they can't save the relationship, and likens it to the mythical city of Atlantis, which was said to have sunk into the sea due to its own hubris. The repeated line "We've built it up to pull it down" underscores the idea that the relationship was once strong, but was ultimately doomed to fail.


Line by Line Meaning

The birds have left the trees
The world has changed and it's no longer as it used to be.


The lights bores onto me
The weight of the situation is heavy on me and I feel trapped.


I can feel you lying there all on your own
I know you're hurting, and it's painful to see you go through it alone.


We got here the hard way
Our relationship wasn't easy; we faced many challenges.


All those words that we exchange
Our communication was intense; we shared our deepest fears and hopes.


Is it any wonder things get dark?
It's not surprising that things fell apart; the reality was harsh.


It's in my heart, it's in my head
The pain and memories of our past are embedded in me, emotionally and mentally.


I never take back the things I said
I meant everything I said to you, even if it may have hurt you.


So high above
I'm overwhelmed by my emotions and thoughts.


I feel it coming down
I sense that things are about to crumble.


She said
You told me.


In my heart and in my head
You feel the same way as I do, emotionally and mentally.


Tell me why this has to end
You're questioning why we're parting ways.


Oh no, Oh no...
You're devastated that it's ending.


I can't save us
I can't prevent us from falling apart.


My Atlantis
Our relationship was like the mythical city that sunk into the sea; it was glorious, but it couldn't survive.


We've built this town on shaky ground
Our relationship was built on an unstable foundation, and it was bound to crumble.


Now all the birds have fled
All hope seems lost, and it's time to move on.


The hurt just leaves me scared
The pain I'm feeling is making me fearful of the future.


Losing everything I've ever known
The loss of our relationship feels like losing a part of myself.


It's all become too much
The weight of the situation is overwhelming me.


Maybe I'm not built for love
You're starting to doubt your ability to love and be loved.


If I knew that I could reach you I would go
If there was a chance to fix our relationship, you would take it without hesitation.


We've built it up to pull it down
We worked hard on our relationship, but it was doomed to fail.




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@Principle...

In Political view:
"We built it up to pull it down"
-Philippine Revolution 1896 - 1902

"I can't save us, my Atlantis (motherland) we fall"
-Every Heroes of War (got betrayed or failed)


Thats a fact



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@trulygreg7536

if you like this, you might like:

kodaline
aurora
birdwatcher
the Lumineers
noah kahan
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and of monsters a men

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@becho6871

To the person who read this,
It’s been hard for you, I know, and it makes me sad that you don’t see yourself in the way I see you. Sometimes they are things in life that cause us to loose ourselves, and the way you have is so unimaginable painful. I miss your smile, the way your eyes light up the whole room just by the sound of your laughter. I miss the way you accepted the way you look in the mirror without cursing yourself out about how ugly you look. I miss the way you didn’t think of yourself as a failure because everyone makes mistakes, we all have flaws and we all aren’t perfect. It’s painful to see that no one around you seems to see the pain trough your eyes, but, stranger, I do, I see how heavy your heart is and how comforting the sadness for you might be, how afraid your heart is of happiness because it disappears in the end, right? You don’t know how much impact you have in this world and it’s sad to see that your demons fight against you and want to take over you. Because you do make change, it’s something so simple and little that brightens up someone’s whole world, it can be a small smile from your lips, the way you look at things you’re passionate about, the way you make yourself eat even though it’s been hard for you lately, the way you zoom out and go in your own world, you brighten up my world by reading this, it means a lot to me that you’re here, existing, but I don’t want you to just exist, you deserve to feel alive. You deserve to get up in the morning and feel good about yourself. You deserve to feel something- to feel every damn second alive in this lifetime. It’s heartbreaking that you think you’re not capable of being loved, because you are, I love you trough all my words and I hope you let it happen in your heart. Love is scary, I know, maybe you heart had been broken once and since then you wanted to be rather numb than feel ever again, it hurts me how you punish yourself, does it not deserve love? Because YOU DO deserve love, please forgive yourself, it’s not your fault that the demons want to take over your beautiful heart. You’re not a bad person for distancing yourself from others, but you deserve someone to talk to, you deserve someone to listen. I am listening, you can tell me what’s wrong. It’s everything, isn’t it? There’s something pulling your heartstrings on the ground and no one seems to understand how misunderstood you feel, it’s heartbreaking to know that I am behind the screen and can’t give you a hug, that’s why I will give you a big warm virtual hug and send you lots of love :). You matter. You are worthy. You are loved. You deserve good things. You deserve someone to listen. You deserve to eat and drink. You deserve to feel good and alive. You deserve to smile. You deserve a hug. You deserve to be all the things you want to be, because you deserve to have and feel good things happening to you and have a fulfilled life. I know I might not know you personally but I care about you so much, I write this because I want you to stay here with me, I want you to hold on a little longer because you matter so much to me, because I will not let you give up on yourself. I want you to see that you should not give up on yourself because you DESERVE GOOD THINGS. I want you to look back on the time when you were a kid, you didn’t give up when you tried to swim for the first time, you didn’t give up when you tired to walk for the first time and fell, you never gave up on yourself, you always kept on pushing forwards, so why can’t you now? I know it’s tiring, your mentally tired, but dont your younger self deserve good things? look back at your eyes that used to be full of hope, look back on those dreams. Don’t let yourself fall, you deserve better. We will both fight, I will fight for you. I won’t let those demons get to you. You can hold on to me, I won’t let you down :). Whenever you feel lonely, then look at the sky, I always look at it and think about you. Yes, you, because it makes me happy that there’s someone looking right back, maybe we can’t see each other but I can feel your presence here with me and that’s enough for me, because I am glad your heart is beating and you’re still fighting. You’re so much stronger thank you think, you didn’t leave your spot on this earth even if you wanted to, you belong here, even though it doesn’t feel like it, when you don’t feel like belonging than build your own home here, put all your love in it and dreams. Think of you as a star when you feel alone, you shine because your heart is good, no matter what mistake you made, no matter about the past you had, you’re one of the stars that shine bright in the universe because you’re heart is beautiful, that’s why the demons in your mind wants to have it. As one of the stars you see others stars, maybe they have felt the same way as you do at some point in there life, but they lighten up the universe with each other’s presence. You’re a star for me, maybe you don’t see it yourself but I can see it, you’re beautiful from inside and out, your body is beautiful the way it is. You make me happy by reading this, you make me feel something by your presence and when you can make me feel that way than you also make other people feel that way about you too. I hope you stay for yourself and don’t let your story get written by others but by yourself, it’s your story not theirs. As you can see, I say a lot of “I hope” because I have hope for you even if you don’t have it for yourself, I see hope in you even though you might want to give up. That’s why I hope you won’t see the world in darkness and will see it colorful again, I hope I will give you a glimpse of hope and make the world you see a bit colorful for today. My favorite color is yellow, and I hope the next time you see the color yellow you will think about my words. If someone left you than don’t blame yourself, don’t think you weren’t enough, don’t lower yourself for someone who couldn’t see the awesomeness in you. If you lost someone I am so sorry for your loss, they want you happy, I hope you don’t feel guilty or regret because you were there, you spend enough time with them, they want you to be happy. They are in a good and safe place now. If someone broke your heart than I am so sorry that they couldn’t see the way you look so beautiful because of the heart you have. Anyone who gets to be with you, doesn’t know how fucking lucky he/ she/ they is :). If you aren’t accepted at home or in general than I am so sorry that you have to deal with someone/ something you shouldn’t be ashamed of, I accept you and support you, I accept you as a human being no matter what race, religion, nationality, skin color, or sexuality you have. You’re safe here with me :). You’re not useless, you’re not a burden to anyone. You’re not a problem, you’re human and your feelings are valid. You’re not being dramatic. Please don’t starve yourself, you deserve food and to drink, I know it’s hard. It hurts to see that you’re in so much pain :( you deserve so much man, don’t let your emotions control you. Don’t let them get the best of you. I am sorry no one is noticing, I wish /hope I could take your pain away for today or even for a moment while you’re reading this. If no one told you, I am so proud of you, you’re reading this and it’s enough for me to be proud of you because you’re here and that’s all that matters to me. If it’s night for you, go to sleep, I know it’s hard to fall asleep right now but you deserve a good sleep. If you have nightmares, please, don’t let them fight you. If it’s day for you, don’t start it by such sad music, I know it’s impossible to have a good day with such mindset but take baby steps, start by drinking two cups of water everyday in the morning and so on.. You will start building little healthy habits. If it’s evening for you, you’re probably overwhelmed and stressed, I want you to know it’s okay to feel the way you feel. You don’t need to be scared, of course you’re overwhelmed or stressed, I mean who wouldn’t? But it’s important to know that when you feel that way you should do a little self care, such as taking a bath for example? You deserve to feel at ease and relaxed.
And if you are somewhere in between I hope you know that you’re so strong for breathing despite the pain, I know you will make it :) I believe in you. All I want for you is to stay here, I really mean all my words, even if there is a lot of unsaid things I want to tell u and my text is getting longer and longer,I want you here.

I hope one day your smile will become a genuine one where you don’t need to fake it anymore, because I can’t say this enough, you deserve a good smile and to feel alive. You’re worth more than every fucking cent in this world.

You can let go for today, I got you, you can cry your heart out as much as you want, but don’t let it tear you down and let your emotions control you by giving up. Crying is not weakness. If you still feel alone I dedicate you a song as your friend.
“Dusk till Dawn- Zayn feat. Sia (I prefer the slow version)” I hope you can think of me and will remind yourself of my words, I will for sure think of you.

In case no one told you and you’re unsure yourself, you’re a good person and I am so happy you’re here.

I hope this is enough to stay today, tomorrow will be a new day, a new start, let go now. Enough with beating yourself up for today, okay?

Life for those who couldn’t, smile for those who forgot what a genuine smile is, love like there’s no other, hug like its your last one.

If you read all of it, until tomorrow my friend :)
have a good day and great years.

I love you so much and am so proud of you, I hope you will remember my words- becho, the stranger that cares more about you than anything :)



@j0tave.

The birds that left the trees,
the light bores onto me
I can feel you lying there all on your own
We got here the hard way,
all those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get dark?

Cause in my heart and in my head
I'll never take back the things I said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
oh no, oh no

I can't save us, my Atlantis,
we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down

Now all the birds have fled,
the hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I've ever known
it's all become too much,
maybe I'm not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you, I would go

It's in my heart and in my head
You can't take back the things you said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh no, oh no

I can't save us, my Atlantis,
we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down

And we build it up, and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down
And we build it up, and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down

I can't save us, my Atlantis,
we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down

enjoy



@diegovillanuevamo3518

The birds have left their trees
The light pours onto me
I can feel you lying there all on your own
We got here the hard way
All those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get broke?

Cause in my heart and in my head
I'll never take back the things I said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said, in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh, no, oh, no

I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We built it up to pull it down

Now all the birds have fled
The hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I've ever known
It's all become too much
Maybe I'm not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you, I would go
It's in my heart and in my head
You can't take back the things you said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said, in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh, no, oh, no

I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We build it up to pull it down

And we build it up and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down
And we build it up and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down

I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We build it up to pull it down



@fatihgenc5050

"Atlantis"

The birds that left the trees, the light bores onto me,
I can feel you lying there all on your own
We got here the hard way, all those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get dark?

Cause in my heart and in my head,
I’ll never take back the things I said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
oh no, oh no

I can’t save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can’t save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down

Now all the birds have fled, the hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I’ve ever known
It’s all become too much, maybe I’m not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you, I would go

It’s in my heart and in my head
You can’t take back the things you said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh no, oh no

I can’t save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can’t save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down

And we build it up, and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down
And we build it up, and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down

I can’t save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can’t save us my Atlantis, oh no
We built it up to pull it down



@John_Dory_The_Leader

Lyrics, so you can sing along:
- The birds have left their trees
The light pours onto me
I can feel you lying there all on your own
We got here the hard way
All those words that we exchange
Is it any wonder things get broke?

- 'Cause in my heart and in my head
I'll never take back the things I said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said, in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh, no, oh, no

- I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We built it up to pull it down

- Now all the birds have fled
The hurt just leaves me scared
Losing everything I've ever known
It's all become too much
Maybe I'm not built for love
If I knew that I could reach you, I would go

- It's in my heart and in my head
You can't take back the things you said
So high above, I feel it coming down
She said, in my heart and in my head
Tell me why this has to end
Oh, no, oh, no

- I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We built it up to pull it down

- And we build it up and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down
And we build it up and we build it up
And we build it up to pull it down

- I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
We built this town on shaky ground
I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
We built it up to pull it down (ooh)



All comments from YouTube:

@razellene2913

how cruel it is that this masterpiece was released 7 years ago and this 2022 it blows up every people's music taste. this song is a comfort song, the lyrics is really deep and amazing. oh no, I can't save us.

@DarkD-YT

Idkek

@DarkD-YT

Its i dont even know

@hugoservian9888

Yo decearia que nunca se halla hecho popular por que la quemaron

@mrbeenxe4766

Puwede manligaw

@filipinogabrieljohnalvarad6960

Because someone used this on tiktok and gets published this in 2022

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@timmy.dofficial2173

why does Kodaline's and Seafret's clips looks way intresting and better than half of the movies of this days?

@marinaoliveiracapato7331

Lets not forget The Lumineers as well

@pujitriwijayanti507

@@marinaoliveiracapato7331 agree!

@HaleySioleski

Timmy Noize For real!! ^-^

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