Safe And Sound
We Built Atlantis! Lyrics

Pray for me, pray for us...
Asking for spiritual support for the singer and the group

But the storm is coming
There is a dangerous situation approaching

I've got a feeling that the sky is falling down
A premonition of impending disaster

I've got a feeling, got a feeling
A sense of intuition about something

We carry the dead forward through trenches
Enduring hardship while bringing the deceased to a final resting place

I've got a feeling that this could be the end
A sense that the current situation might be the last

I left you at the altar
The singer abandoned their partner before a life-changing event

So you left me to face fall of the world alone
The partner also left the artist during a time of great turmoil

Waving through the destruction that was our city
Navigating through the ruins of their former home

The place we were to raise all our children (our children)
The location where they hoped to start a family

This is all I have to show for thousand years
The singer feels like they have nothing to show for a long time period

Living as a ghost inside a broken mirror
Feeling empty and insignificant, trapped in a shattered state of being

Slow this down, I never wanted to live like this
The singer wants to pause and reflect, wishing to not live in this manner

Slow this down, I've found comfort in loneliness
The singer has found solace in being alone

I may lose control but (I won't take a soul)
The singer may feel helpless, but they will not harm anyone else

We fight with honour for what we love
Striving to protect what is important with dignity

And when it's over...
A thought about the end of the current situation

We'll take valour to our grave
Having faced the adversity with courage until the end

My heart beats faster than a hurricane
The singer feels intense emotions, like a storm brewing

(It's spinning 'round and 'round)
The intensity of the emotions is becoming overwhelming

And we're leaving this place
Moving away from the current location

I can't feel anything at all
Feeling numb and disconnected from their emotions

It's too cold to breathe, it's too late to leave
Feeling trapped in a hopeless situation, where the singer cannot escape

I pass the gallows, I was at all the ghosts
The artist has encountered reminders of death and the deceased frequently

When the world ends, I think I will smile
Finding some sense of satisfaction when everything comes to an end

Did I do all I could to say you?
Questioning whether the singer did enough to express their love

Or did I save myself from you?
Wondering if the singer left their partner to avoid any further hardship

From you!
A final, abrupt assertion about the partner and the situation

We abandoned each other just when it mattered most
The artist acknowledges that they and the partner let each other down at a crucial moment

(We lost it all)
Referring to the loss of their former life and the relationship with the partner

Oh!
An exclamation of subdued pain, possibly coming to terms with the end