Into the Ocean

Infobox Single
Name = Into the Ocean


Artist = Blue October
from Album = Foiled
Format = Digital download, CD single
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:02
Label = Universal Records
Writer =
Producer = David Castell and Justin Furstenfeld
Certification =
Chart position =

• #53 Billboard Hot 100
  Last single = "Hate Me"
  (2006)
  This single = "Into the Ocean"
  (2006)
  Next single = "She's My Ride Home"
  (2007)"Into the Ocean" is the second single from Blue October's fifth album, "Foiled". The song has peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the video for the song has peaked at number one on the VH1 V-Spot countdown.

  The song contrasts an upbeat rhythm and light melodies with Ryan Delahoussaye's wistful viola and lamenting lyrics typical of "Hate Me" and other songs written by lead singer Justin Furstenfeld. The feelings conveyed by the song reflect Furstenfeld's real-life battle with depression and suicidal tendencies.

  The lyrics convey the first-person account of a "normal boy" who has fallen or jumped off the bow of a ship and the thoughts that pass through the boy's mind as he loses the will to keep afloat by treading water. His final thought is of his beloved as he eventually concedes to drowning:

  In the final verse the song takes on a deeper meaning as the lyrics reveal that the initial story of the boy drowning was just a dream spurred by feelings of grief over the loss of a loved one, presumably the woman whose face gave him comfort as he imagined he was drowning. The dream is referred to lyrically as "Midnight's late reminder of the loss of her, the one I love." The song then indicates that he wishes, like in the dream, that he could slip "into the ocean, end it all."

  According to a VH1-online article about the band, "Into the Ocean" has had an impact on many listeners who may have been contemplating suicide.

  :"Into the Ocean," with Delahoussaye's seductive violin siren call and plucked mandolin, openly contemplates a death wish with so much honesty, fans write to the band, claiming tracks like this have prevented their own suicidal impulses."

  :"I love Justin's lyrics," says guitarist [CB] Hudson, ..."Our music touches people in the heart. I'm really proud of that."

  :"If I have saved others, I don't know what to say," admits Justin. "But if I can do that for them, why... can't I do that for myself?" [VH1 Artists, Blue October(2007)." [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/blue_october_rock_/bio.jhtml] ]

  External links

  * [http://musicvideowire.com/dynamic/article_view.asp?AID=11951 Interview with music video director Zach Merck]

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