“Ocean” is the final song on Goldfrapp’s seventh studio album Silver Eye. It was released on March 9, 2017 as the second preview track for the album.
The song ends the album on a quite dark note, both thematically and sonically, as the lyrics talk about feelings of anger, bitterness and revenge, an...
[Verse 1]
I've lost the will to
I've lost my way
I've lost this ocean
I poisoned me
[Verse 2]
People collector
People collector
I'm on the move
For you
[Chorus]
Oh, and I
Wouldn't lie
Wanna be your...
[Post-Chorus]
I borrowed bones, I borrowed skin
To save me from the hell I'm in
Your fantasy
And every time I think of you
I see the dark, I hear their hooves
They're coming
They're coming for you
[Verse 3]
I've lost the will to
I've lost my way
I've lost this ocean
I poisoned me
[Verse 4]
People collector
People collector
I'm on the move
For you
[Chorus]
Oh, and I
Wouldn't lie
Wanna be your...
[Post-Chorus]
I borrowed bones, I borrowed skin
To save me from the hell I'm in
Your fantasy
And every time I think of you
I see the dark, I hear their hooves
They're coming
They're coming for you
Ocean was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Ocean was produced by Goldfrapp.
In an interview with Billboard, Alison Goldfrapp discussed the recording of “Ocean”:
I remember coming into the studio one morning and I think we just had a few drums going and it was really basic. Will said, ‘Do you fancy doing some vocals this morning?’ I was really pissed off, in a really bad mo...