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The Atlantic Ocean is quite monstrous in size, much too big to traverse on a rowboat. The songwriter realizes just how far he has been removed from his lover and how much farther seems now than before when he could actually just walk there. Below is only a glimpse of this vast body of water.

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What used to be just a simple trek across the flatlands to his lover’s home is simply impossible now because this vast ocean has covered it. Therefore silencing the rhythm of his footsteps.

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A chance to explore new areas and move somewhere beautiful like the Bahamas or many other islands would be a reason to celebrate for many. But not for the songwriter who finds himself at a loss, whilst the rest are celebrating and “overjoyed” it is not so for him.

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It’s not that there shouldn’t be islands in the Atlantic Ocean, but the songwriter is lamenting about the reason that now it gives people a reason to explore the ocean and possibly make it habitable. This line doesn’t have an internal reference, but this is the beginning of his lover’s moving away from him creating the distance between them.

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“Shipwrecks” is used as a synonym for a failed relationship or heartbreak here. Romy, or the female narrator she is playing, has suffered from heartbreak even after having just entered new relationships before.

She compares this heartbreak to trying to breathe underwater—it is impossible for humans to breathe underwater, just like how it feels impossible for her to get over heartbreak when it happens.

This is a personal detail to share with someone, and shows how quickly she’s becoming intimate and connected with her new lover.

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Piece by piece she’s making their relationship more concrete. Every little detail or aspect is slowly becoming a permanent part of their lives together. She’s doing this before her lover has the chance to leave her “alone”. Because she is afraid she will suffer a heartbreak (shipwreck) as she had in the past.

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Flat Earth Theory was a theory that claimed (at the risk of being redundant) that the earth was flat. This was later proven to be false and proved that the earth, was in fact, spherical.

Ben is reminiscing on the old days when the earth was thought to be flat.

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toy is often used as slang for a weapon. However in the music video for a song they are in fact carrying toy guns.

he got dat toy boy.

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Pour one for my homies is a common expression of reverence for a deceased friend/family member where someone pours alcohol on the ground.

But these homies pourin' soda.

#CUZ THESE CHICKENS LOVE SODA.

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Many women (and possibly some men) have their eyebrows plucked and then re-drawn on to look “nicer”. No bushy eyebrows ho!

but this ratchet ho did ‘em with Crayola

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