NIKI - Oceans & Engines (Official Lyric Video)

LYRICS:
Saturday sunset, we’re lying on my bed with five hours to go
Fingers entwined and so were our minds cryin, 'I don’t want you to go'
You wiped away tears but not fears under the still and clear indigo
You said, ‘Baby don’t cry, we’ll be fine, you’re the one thing I swear I can’t outgrow’
My mother said the younger me was a 'Pretending' prodigy,
well nothing, then, much has changed
Coz while you’re wolfing down liquor, my soul it gets sicker,
but I’m stickin' to the screenplay, gotta say I’m okay,
but answer this babe:
How is it now that somehow you’re a stranger? You were mine just yesterday
I prayed the block in my airway dissipates and instead deters your airplane’s way
But heaven denied
Destiny decried
Something beautiful died
too soon
But I’m letting go
I’m givin’ up the ghost
But don’t get me wrong,
I’ll always love you, that’s why
I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I’ll be alright
Someday I’ll be fine
but just not tonight
Plunging into all kinds of diversions like blush wine and sonorous soirées
But even with gin and surgin’ adrenaline, I see you’re all that can intoxicate
Oceans and engines, you’re skilled at infringin' on great love affairs
'cause now my heart’s home, all I’ve known, is long gone and 10 thousand miles away
Plunging into all kinds of diversions like blush wine and sonorous soirées
But even with gin and surgin’ adrenaline, I see you’re all that can intoxicate
Oceans and engines, you’re skilled at infringin' on great love affairs
'cause now my heart’s home, all I’ve known, is long gone and 10 thousand miles away
And I’m not okay
But I’m letting go
I’m givin’ up the ghost
But don’t get me wrong
I’ll always love you and that’s why
I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I’ll be alright
But just not-
Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago
And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words and could revitalize my fraying bones
What do you do when your pillar crumbled down, you’ve lost all solid ground, both dreams and demons drowned, and this void’s all you’ve found and doubts light it aglow?
I have so many questions
But I’m pouring them into the ocean and I’m starting up my engine
and I’m letting go
I’m givin’ up your ghost
It’s come to a close
I marked the end with this last song I wrote
I’m letting go
This is the last falsetto
I’ll ever sing to you my great, lost love

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[spicycatie]

It has been 4 months since I was betrayed by the person I thought I was going to spend my life with. This song just perfectly describes how difficult it was for me. We both promised we won’t outgrow each other but now we’re both strangers in each other’s lives. And right now I’m still having such a difficult time letting him go and giving up the ghost of who he was with me despite getting cheated on. I think deep down I will always love him but Niki is right and I have to believe that someday I’d be fine, it’s not my fault and all I can do is wish him well and start healing without him. I just hope it come sooner because everyday i feel more dead than i was the day before.

[bulletrangercaliber]

"But I'm letting go, I'm giving up the ghost"
This lyric had an impact to me. It feels like it is for me. I'm giving up my ghost: my past self that keeps haunting and torment me. I forgive myself, I'll heal myself. For those who read this who have the same ghost as mine, in time, I hope you'll able heal.

[sydneyf.]

the emotion of this song, niki never fails to paint a beautiful and melancholic story

[Reylandson]

I can't conceive the idea of having a brain that knows how to write like this. This is one of the greatest examples of lyricism I've ever seen.

[wiltedhawthorn]

my girl giving us EVERYTHING in this album i bet. if she doesn't get the recognition she deserves, i'll riot.

[cleotells]

I don't have a lovelife, nor am I broken hearted, but I just have this urge to cry my eyes out and embrace this nonexistent pain while listening to this song. Niki, why T_T

[falasifahpuspitaningrum]

Lyrics

Saturday sunset
We're lying on my bed with five hours to go
Fingers entwined and so were our minds
Crying, I don't want you to go
You wiped away tears
But not fears under the still and clear indigo
You said "Baby, don't cry, we'll be fine"
"You're the one thing I swear I can't outgrow"
My mother said the younger me was a pretending prodigy
Well, nothing then much has changed
'Cause while you're wolfing down liquor
My soul, it gets sicker
But I'm sticking to the screenplay
Gotta say I'm okay
But answer this, babe

How is it now that somehow you're a stranger?
You were mine just yesterday
I prayed the block in my airway dissipates
And instead deters your airplane's way
But heaven denied
Destiny decried
Something beautiful died
Too soon

But I'm letting go
I'm giving up the ghost
But don't get me wrong
I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I'll be alright
Someday I'll be fine
But just not tonight (Oh)

Plunging into all kinds of diversions
Like blush wine and sonorous soirées
But even with gin and surgin' adrenaline
I see you're all that can intoxicate

Oceans and engines
You're skilled at infringin' on great love affairs
'Cause now my heart's home
All I've known is long gone and ten thousand miles away
And I'm not okay

But I'm letting go
I'm givin' up the ghost
But don't get me wrong
I'll always love you that's why I wrote you this very last song
I guess this is where we say goodbye
I know I'll be alright
But just not

Tonight was the first time I stared into seas of beguiling sepia two years ago
And the first time I learned real world superpowers lived in three words and could revitalize my fraying bones (Hm)
Now what do you do when your pillar crumbled down
You've lost all solid ground
Both dreams and demons drowned
And this void's all you've found
And doubts light it aglow
I have so many questions
But I'm pouring them into the ocean
And I'm starting up my engine

And I'm letting go
I'm givin' up your ghost
It's come to a close
I marked the end with this last song I wrote
I'm letting go
This is the last falsetto I'll ever sing to you
My great lost love.

[joshuadimayuga]

I took this song a different way than intended. My grandpa just passed away and the way I feel the lyrics is through the perspective of my grandma and her love and story with him before he passed leading to the very moment he passed. Nothing but eternal love in their eyes, soul, and touch until the very end. This song made my heart cry a little thinking about it and thinking about how much we miss him. Beautiful song released at the perfect time. Thank you NIKI 🤍🕊

[wiltedhawthorn]

words cannot describe how grateful i feel that she decided to record this song again and damn, have to say i fall in love with this song like the first time😭❤

[lilali]

ok but the visual where the plane actually reaches the right side of the screen and disappears before the song ends is SO POETIC because how many times have we wanted to say what we wanted to and had to say to a person who leaves sooner than anticipated? IT'S SO HEARTWRENCHING

[_code_]

Stoopp her timing 😭 my ex and I were huge 88rising fans and niki was our queen. We got closer thanks to them and heard songs that got us together, but now a year later today I'm officially letting go. Bruh I can't, imma cry again 💀

[dystephiary]

The song feels like the universe’s way of telling me to move on. And say goodbye to his ghost. It’s been four months since left after seven long years of being together.

[reimundangelosagansay]

She's a real lyricist, artist, name it. A masterpiece.

[aireenfarah]

this song is perfectly worded for my situation… waking up every day asking myself “how is it now that somehow you’re a stranger you were mine just yesterday” and it breaks me a little more. it might take a while to heal, i know it… but i gotta do it. i cant be the only one living in the loop while he is already out moving and looking for next phases in life. it would be hard and i am not okay most of the days. how can I be? i lost the piece of puzzle that fits the vacant space in my heart… i lost the sunshine that brightens up my day and night, the one that illuminates the path when it was dark for me. maybe i was stupid.. i took this relationship seriously and thought this relationship was a beautiful feeling to ever happened.. but it takes two to tango… it takes two to make a relationship work. maybe i wasn’t worthy enough to be fought harder, not as much as your words when it do the convincing. i don’t know when will this feeling diminish but everyday, i just got to try.. even the sound of my heart screaming echoes throughout the horizon telling the world i don’t want to let you… but i got to do it… i have to do it…

[slashhack]

Aside from the humming melody, as a 'lyrics person', how she transfers one line to another, rhymes, and chose the phrasings, I can't help but be stunned and be dosed of amazement each swing and turn of the song. Such brilliance and genius of Niki as a songwriter!!

[imrank]

Joji finally getting recognised in music charts, it's only a matter of time before Niki does too

[indrawoody]

This is an old song of her way back before 88. Listen to her first version of this song, you'll appreciate how far she's come..

[Feruchadam]

Damn the boy that she wrote this song must be thinking all sorts of regrets now. I know she’s happy now but damn, a girl wrote what used to be her whole world for her, and must felt like tons of bricks now to let go such a rare diamond like Nicole💝

[jayem-nwcn]

"I know I’ll be alright. But just not tonight" struck my heart so much.

[ObliviousMind-egmf]

The one person who I cherished wholeheartedly, who made me feel whole, is the reason why there are pieces of me scattered everywhere. This is my first experience with heartbreak and seeing them with someone else in less than 6 months, really took a toll on me. A bad habit of mine is touching my wounds which prevents them from healing, I'm slowly getting there, I wish to make myself whole this time, so that whatever comes my way won't break me like it did last time.