"Divers & Submarines" karya Passenger melukiskan kisah menyakitkan tentang hubungan yang mencekik. Lirik pembukanya mengungkapkan ikatan yang melekat dan penuh kebutuhan, yang secara simbolis digambarkan sebagai "cat hair clings to a woollen shirt" dan "wedding dress needs dirt." Saat hasrat bertambah, hubungan itu mengencang dan menjadi tidak sehat, menyebabkan rasa sesak dan keputusasaan.
Divers & Submarines Lyrics
Passenger
Well I clung to you,
Like cat hair clings to a woollen shirt
You needed me, like a wedding dress needs dirt
The more that I wanted, the harder I squeezed
The harder I squeezed, the less you could breathe
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
And I cried for you,
Like a widow cries at her lover's grave
You haunted me through my stinging nights,
And aching days
The more that you struggled, the tighter the knots,
The tighter the knots, the lower we got
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Oh no,
'Cause I saw divers and submarines
And I saw divers and submarines
Oh, I saw divers and submarines
Like cat hair clings to a woollen shirt
You needed me, like a wedding dress needs dirt
The more that I wanted, the harder I squeezed
The harder I squeezed, the less you could breathe
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
And I cried for you,
Like a widow cries at her lover's grave
You haunted me through my stinging nights,
And aching days
The more that you struggled, the tighter the knots,
The tighter the knots, the lower we got
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Oh no,
'Cause I saw divers and submarines
And I saw divers and submarines
Oh, I saw divers and submarines