With aquatic the album begins to look up. With a grim start addressing the state of our country (USA) Aquatic is the first song that is hopeful.

He is saying it’s time to move on, to bury our past and “quite the race.” We are at a pivotal point where we can either fall and decay into dust or we can wake up and have a rebirth.

The first verse talks about lights appearing and emerging. In the last line he says “we will leave through the fire in our homes.” These fire in our homes are the lights that are appearing at the beginning of the song. Lott is saying we need to stand up as individuals and families in order to change the fate of our country.