The Atlantic - The Dodos

You’ve gone off into battle

With nothing but blistering rage

Was looking for something to rattle

Got nowhere beyond this cage

My eyes can’t see the handle

It’s fallen off of the door

I know that it’s just a shadow

Of something that came before

I see right through this mantle

I still believe in you

I see right through this mantle

I’m looking at the distance between

As you were standing there across

The Atlantic Ocean

We couldn’t find a way across

The Atlantic Ocean

It keeps us in a state

Of thinking we’re always wanting

For something that can’t be had

The space that it leaves is haunting

I thought I knew the balance

But most of it lies out of frame

I kept all the paint in the attic

The walls haven’t gone opaque

I’m looking for a way through

I still believe in you

I see right through this mantle

I’m looking at the distance between

As you were standing there across

The Atlantic Ocean

We couldn’t find a way across

The Atlantic Ocean

As we were standing there across

The Atlantic Ocean

We couldn’t find our way across

The Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean

I’ve always seen right through this

I’ve always seen right through this

I’ve always seen right through this

I’ve always seen right through this

I know there’s another way

But I don’t think I can see it

It must be about to change

But not everyone believes

We’re going through (I've always) another phase

(Seen right through this) But I don’t think I can feel it

We know (I've always) it’s about to change

(Seen right through this) but not everyone believes it