What do you think Ocean Breathes Salty means?

Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty Meaning

Tagged: Death | Suicide [suggest]
Album cover for Ocean Breathes Salty album cover

Song Released: 2004


Ocean Breathes Salty Lyrics

Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You...

  1. anonymous
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    Nov 5th 2007 !⃝

    I believe this song is talking about someone wasting his life following god.

  2. anonymous
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    Jul 28th 2006 !⃝

    I definitely agree that someone must have died...More specifically, took their own life. However, the end of the video throws me off a little because of all of the crosses (after he burries the bird). Do these just symbolize a bunch of different birds that this boy has done the same thing to (tried to heal, but then burries)? Or do they represent more people who have killed themselves/died? I'm a little confused now...

  3. anonymous
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    Oct 27th 2005 !⃝

    To me, this song is talking about a close friend that killed themself and now he is talking about what they missed out on and how they wasted their life, so why wouldnt they do the same with their afterlife? It's a great song, and to me that's my closest and purist meaning.

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