The Autumn Film formed in August 2006. Their first release, Safe & Sound (J… Read Full Bio ↴The Autumn Film formed in August 2006. Their first release, Safe & Sound (January 2007), was produced by Robbie Seay (EMI).

In 2010, they released their second album, The Ship and The Sea (March 2010), co-produced by the band and Jason Lehning.

Free tracks can be downloaded at their offical website, http://theautumnfilm.com/share. The new album can be heard at http://theshipandthesea.com.

Band Members:
Tifah Phillips - vocals, keys
Dann Stockton - drums, keys
Reid Phillips - guitar, programming, keys

“Like a post-collegiate Fiona Apple jamming with Snow Patrol, The Autumn Film serves up a piano-drenched sincerity topped off with a voice that’s wise and heartbroken beyond its years”.
- The A.V. Club

Of The Ship and The Sea, the Westword said, "Here are songs to break down to and be lifted by. It is melancholia that does not fill a space as much as consume it. There is a lack of subtlety to the lyric… But this isn't about being coy. This is about the naked moments of familiar lovers who know each other too well to bother with aloof or witty. In those moments, the only things that will do are patience and honesty, and the Autumn Film doesn't know any other way."

Ocean Blue
The Autumn Film Lyrics

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I will love you to the end
There's no need to pretend
That you are the one
Who has sailed my heart
To the ocean blue
I hoped it would be you

When I'm dead and gone

In you I will live on
Cause you've captured me
So I am released
To the ocean blue
I hoped it would be you
To the ocean blue
I hoped it would be you

Now this chapter's closed
So the story goes
But I have more to say
I'll see you there one day
In the ocean blue
I knew it would be you

In the ocean blue
I knew it would be you

Overall Meaning

The Autumn Film’s song “Ocean Blue” describes the depth of love that is shared between two people. The singer declares that they will love this person until the end, stating that there is no need to pretend. It is clear that the singer is deeply in love with this person and believes they are the one who has sailed their heart to the ocean blue. The ocean blue is a metaphor for something vast, infinite, and beautiful. It represents the depth of their love and the feeling of being lost in it.

The singer expresses their belief that even after they are gone, they will live on in the one they love. They believe that because the person they love has captured them, they are released into the ocean blue. In this way, the one they love has become an extension of themselves, and they are able to exist beyond death. The singer's hope is that the one they love will also join them in the ocean blue one day, reaffirming their belief that their love will last forever.

The song ends with the singer acknowledging that although this chapter of their story together may be closing, they have more to say to this person. At the end of it all, they know that they will see each other again in the ocean blue, as they always knew it would be this person they would find there. The song’s final lines are suffused with the belief that their love is eternal and infinite, a force that will endure beyond life itself.

Line by Line Meaning

I will love you to the end
I will love you until the end of time

There's no need to pretend
There's no need to fake anything

That you are the one
You are the one I love

Who has sailed my heart
You have captured my heart

To the ocean blue
To a peaceful and calming place

I hoped it would be you
I hoped it would be you who captured my heart

When I'm dead and gone
When I'm no longer alive

In you I will live on
I will continue to exist through you

Cause you've captured me
Because you have taken hold of me

So I am released
So I am free

To the ocean blue
To a peaceful and calming place