While one could jokingly say that this song is about loving your phone, a more logical explanation is loving someone physically distant from you.
Since Lisa is from Ireland there can be many “oceans and rocks” between her and that special someone.
[Verse 1]
What you at, my gentle spoken friend?
I lack a frame to put you in
When you're an ocean and a rock away
[Verse 2]
I feel you in the pocket of my overcoat
My fingers wrap around your words
And take the shape of games we play
[Verse 3]
I feed your words through my buttonholes
I pin them to my fingerless gloves
They're green and prone to fraying
[Chorus]
Thoughts of you warm my bones
I'm on the way, I'm on the phone
Let's get lost, me and you
An ocean and a rock is nothing to me
[Verse 4]
I am far away from where you lay awake
The day while you fall to sleep
An ocean and a rock away
[Verse 5]
I keep you in the pockets of my dresses
And the bristles of my brushes
Spin you into my curls today
[Verse 6]
I spoon you into my coffee cup
Spin you through a delicate wash
I wear you all day
I wear you all day
[Chorus]
Thoughts of you warm my bones
I'm on the way, I'm on the phone
Let's get lost, me and you
An ocean and a rock is nothing to me
[Chorus]
Thoughts of you they warm my bones
I'm on the way, I'm nearly home
Let's get lost, me and you
An ocean and a rock is nothing to me
[Outro: Instrumental & Vocalising]
Ocean and a Rock was written by Lisa Hannigan.
Ocean and a Rock was produced by Joe Henry.
Lisa Hannigan released Ocean and a Rock on Mon Jan 01 2007.