A Knife in the Ocean
Foals * Track #10 On What Went Down
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A Knife in the Ocean by Foals
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FoalsProduced by
James Ellis FordWrited by
Edwin Congreave & Jack Bevan & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Walter Gervers & Yannis PhilippakisAbout
The third single released by Foals in anticipation of their fourth studio album What Went Down, “A Knife In The Ocean” premiered on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio on August 6th, 2015.
A Youtube video with the official lyrics for the track was posted to their Twitter page.
A Knife in the Ocean Lyrics
[Intro]
When I come to walk the line
The fire may come, but we'll be just fine
When I go to walk the line
The fire, it'll come but we'll be just fine
[Verse 1]
Mouth of the ocean, be well spoken
Watch your P's and Q's
Now that we're older, the future is colder
But what is there to do?
I'll walk the line, I'll be just fine
I'll be right back on time
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
We'll never be undone
[Chorus]
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
[Verse 2]
And now our parents are long departed
Who can finish the songs they started?
Bodies are broken, but it's just a token
Of what is surely to come
Unstitch the suture, please pause the future
So I can collect my things
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
We'll never be undone
[Chorus]
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
Oh, what came of the things I once believed?
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
[Bridge]
When I go to walk the line
The fire it comes, but I'll be just fine
[Chorus]
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
Oh, all lost and, oh, all lost, to the depths of a hungry sea
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
All that's left, all that's left
Is the echo of a roaring sea
Long gone, long gone
To the trace of a memory
What came of the things I once believed?
All that's left, all that is left
Is the trace of a memory
A Knife in the Ocean Q&A
Who wrote A Knife in the Ocean's ?
A Knife in the Ocean was written by Edwin Congreave & Jack Bevan & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Walter Gervers & Yannis Philippakis.
Who produced A Knife in the Ocean's ?
A Knife in the Ocean was produced by James Ellis Ford.
When did Foals release A Knife in the Ocean?
Foals released A Knife in the Ocean on Thu Aug 06 2015.
What did Foals say about "A Knife in the Ocean"?
In an interview for The Guardian, Philippakis explained A Knife in the Ocean as “the bravado you have as a young man, trying to stare down your mortality”.