AThe ending is deliberately left ambiguous. The dogs flee out to sea ahead of the military, believing they see an island ahead of them. As they near the end of their strength, one begins to say he can't see anything while the other still insists he can see the island. Then the dogs swim out of the frame and fade into the mist, and the credits roll. The mist then clears to reveal an island, but the song (done in Gospel style) is about leaving this troubled world behind and going to Heaven.