Oceania
The Solutions Lyrics

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Days getting hot
Melting all we have got today
Embers around
Don't know where to step out away

Smoke in your eyes
Do we still live in the ashtray?
Back to the life

Can we get real life again?

Everyday gets smaller and smaller and smaller
Just falling apart
Are we screaming louder and louder and louder?
Just losing voice

Can save us
Can save us
Can save us
And save down all the time of our lives?
Can save us
And save down all the time within the shrine
If you just try?

Smoke in your eyes
Do we still live in ashtray?
Back to the life
Can we get real life again?

Everyday gets smaller and smaller and smaller
Just falling apart
Are we screaming louder and louder and louder?
Just losing voice

Can save us
Can save us
And save down all the time of our lives?
Can save us
And save down all the time within the shrine
If they'll just try?

Can save us
Can save us
Can save us
Can save us

And then shout

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to THE SOLUTIONS's song Oceania seem to capture a sense of helplessness and loss amidst the destruction caused by natural disasters such as those caused by rising temperatures and melting ice caps. The lines "Days getting hot, Melting all we have got today, Embers around, Don't know where to step out away" paint a vivid picture of an environment that is no longer hospitable and is causing panic and confusion. The repetition of "Smoke in your eyes, Do we still live in the ashtray?" further drives home the sense of despair and hopelessness that those affected by these disasters must feel.

The chorus is a cry for help, a plea to be saved from this doomed existence. "Can save us, Can save us, And save down all the time of our lives?" shows a desire to find a way out of this situation and to restore normalcy to their lives. The repeated line "Can save us" serves as a reminder that hope still exists and that there is a chance to turn things around if action is taken.

Overall, "Oceania" serves as a commentary on the destructive impact of climate change and the urgency for action to be taken in order to save ourselves and our planet from irreversible damage.

Line by Line Meaning

Days getting hot
The world is getting hotter and hotter, making it difficult for us to survive.

Melting all we have got today
As the world heats up, it is causing everything we have built to melt away.

Embers around
Looking around, we see only the remnants of a once thriving world.

Don't know where to step out away
We feel lost and don't know where to turn in order to escape the destruction.

Smoke in your eyes
The destruction is so great that it is hard to see anything else but the smoke and debris.

Do we still live in the ashtray?
Our world is like a smoking ruin, a symbol of how far we have fallen.

Back to the life
We long for a time when things were different, when the world was not crumbling around us.

Can we get real life again?
We wonder if it is even possible to go back to a better way of life.

Everyday gets smaller and smaller and smaller
Since things are getting worse all the time, the options decrease rapidly.

Just falling apart
We feel like everything is coming undone and there is nothing we can do about it.

Are we screaming louder and louder and louder?
As we feel more helpless, we become more desperate and the cries for help become more intense.

Just losing voice
Despite our best efforts, we feel no one is listening or that we are running out of time to be heard.

Can save us
There is a small amount of hope that someone, somewhere has the power to make things right again.

And save down all the time of our lives?
We hope that this person can save us from the destruction that is taking away the time we have to live.

And save down all the time within the shrine
The hope is that this person can save not only us, but the memories and dreams of what we used to have, keeping them safe from further destruction.

If you just try?
We implore this person to try their best to save what is left of our world.

And then shout
As a last resort, we will shout from the rooftops, hoping to be heard and begging for someone to help save us from imminent destruction.

Contributed by Sydney K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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