Underwater Lyrics – BENEE

Meaning of ‘Underwater’ Lyrics Explained

Verse 1 Meaning:
She feels invisible, like no one notices her struggles. Even with dark thoughts and self-harm, it doesn’t change anything. The full moon and TV images of death add to her confusion, but she brushes off feeling “alright” because it doesn’t matter when she’s hurting inside.

Pre-Chorus Meaning:
Here, she drifts into water imagery to show how being in the sea or at the beach feels natural and weightless, almost like an escape from heavy emotions. It’s effortless compared to the struggles on land. The ocean becomes a place where she can float away from pain, but it also highlights how far she feels from reality.

Chorus Meaning:
She compares her sadness to being underwater, drowning in her own tears. No matter how much she cries—enough to make a river—it feels like nobody notices or cares. She’s stuck at the bottom, unseen and unheard, desperate for someone to recognize her pain. The repetition shows just how deep her loneliness runs.

Verse 2 Meaning:
She feels like she’s floating with no weight, disconnected from everything. She wonders if she’s the only one who feels this lost. The emptiness makes her cry out like a child, but still no one listens. Even if something scary or unbelievable happened, she feels others wouldn’t take her seriously.

Pre-Chorus Meaning:
She reflects on missing someone or being caught in between feelings. Even then, she hears mocking laughter, almost like the world is playing tricks on her. The sea imagery returns, showing her escape into floating, but it’s mixed with an unsettling sense that she’s drifting further away from others.

Chorus Meaning:
Again, she repeats the drowning feeling, comparing her sadness to water rising above her head. She emphasizes how invisible she feels, even when she’s overwhelmed with tears. It’s like she’s screaming from the bottom of a pool but no one can hear or see her.

Post-Chorus Meaning:
She circles back to being in the water—pool, beach, sea—where everything feels light and easy compared to her heavy emotions on land. The ocean imagery keeps repeating, showing how it’s both an escape and a symbol of isolation, as though she belongs only out there in the waves.

Bridge Meaning:
Her sadness is once again pictured as flooding water. She could cry enough to create a river, but it wouldn’t make a difference because the people around her still don’t see or acknowledge what she’s going through.

Chorus Meaning:
This part shrinks down but hits the same point—she’s drowning in her feelings, invisible at the bottom, crying out for recognition but being ignored. It’s short but keeps the same painful message.

Outro Meaning:
The last lines repeat the image of being underwater, ending with the unanswered question of why no one sees her. It leaves a feeling of quiet desperation, like she’s fading away without anyone noticing.