Lauren Mack - Oceans - original

This song is in open C tuning. I wrote it when I was on a cruise in the middle of the ocean.

There are things that I miss about the coast;
Like salty air and sand in my hair
But even when I'm far from home,
The thing I miss the most though, is you

I could walk along the shoreline
And pick up all the pretty shells I see,
But shells are just the cold and empty homes
Of the animals who live in the sea

And I learned how to swim so long ago
And once upon a time, I even used to know the tides
While the water's cold, the water's deep
I'll swim till I can't feel my feet
Because my love for you runs so unfathomably deep

Oceans couldn't keep me away from you,
Devotion's what keeps me going after miles and miles of blue
I can swim, yeah I can float, I'll take my love, I will build myself a boat;
I'll get to you somehow, I'll get to you somehow,
I'll get to you somehow, somehow.

Perhaps I'll need some guiding,
The Bible tells me "Jesus saves"
Well I'd rather place my fate with Poseidon
Cause he'll keep my head above the waves
Or, maybe I'll just build myself a submarine
An underwater, high-powered sea machine
But love doesn't translate into gasoline,
And prices these days are steep

And I learned how to swim so long ago; I hope I still know
And once upon a time, I even used to know the tides
While the water's cold, the water's deep
I'll swim till I can't feel my feet
Cause my love for you runs so unfathomably deep

Oceans couldn't keep me away from you,
Devotion's what keeps me going after miles and miles of blue
I can swim, yeah I can float, I'll take my love, I will build myself a boat;
I'll get to you somehow, I'll get to you somehow,
I'll get to you somehow, somehow.

They say there are seven seas,
But there's only one of you and there's only one of me, so
Don't get so down on yourself when there's so much blue
In between me and you, you know
Location's just a point on a map
And an ocean's just some water in a continental gap
Please hear me

I've traveled now by land and air and sea
What I wouldn't give to have you next to me
Cause now I've never felt more alone,
It's just not the same to hear you on the phone,
I've never been this far from home
Still, what I miss the most though--
It's you

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• original
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• acoustic guitar

[lamack09]

Sorry about that little bit after the bridge... :/ oops.

[JohnVerba]

@TheJm216 Yes. I didn't say write it instead of this. I meant in addition to, so she could possibly make a living, like in her song about being on the radio.

I like this for what it is. I'd like that for what it is. Some people are pretty versatile.

[TheJm216]

@JohnVerba dude this song is art. music made to have a hook and many people singing to them, not so much

[dan1955ish]

Great song...

[sailorperception]

This was really beautiful. A lot of really nice lines in it really stood out. Just as wonderful as ever, it was a delight to watch.

[JohnVerba]

when you get some time, write a 3:20 song with a hook for a chorus that you could picture 3000 people singing along to in an auditorium. : ) and rewrite and tighten until every word and note is the best you can imagine it being. It would be fun to see how well you could hit that goal if that was the actual goal. ; )