: Although it didn't make the standard cut for Seventeen Going Under , it was released as a lead single for the Live Deluxe Edition on October 25, 2022.
The "story" within the song is a pensive reflection on past regrets, childhood memories, and the harsh realities of growing up in a landscape defined by the North Sea. Sam Fender - Wild Grey Ocean
: The lyrics reflect on a past teenage love interest who left North Shields to find a new life elsewhere. Fender wonders if she has settled down, admitting that his heart hasn't "made a single sound" since their separation. : Although it didn't make the standard cut
: Fender uses the sea as a metaphor for his own melancholic thoughts. It represents a "world" that swept away his past and continues to haunt his present. Fender wonders if she has settled down, admitting