Oceans
Jacob Lee * Track #2 On Philosophy
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Oceans by Jacob Lee
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Jacob LeeProduced by
Matt BartlemWrited by
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“Oceans” talks about how for a very long time people haven’t listened to Jacob and didn’t believe in him, so he thought on giving up.
I’ve felt as though I’ve had what it takes but sometimes you doubt yourself and you feel worthless and that maybe you’re just a nutcase. You think you’ve got it but...
Oceans Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I learned to let go when I was younger
Scared of growing old
I would swim far into the ocean
And try to stay afloat
Until my lungs would cough up water
And sand would coat my bones, and I hope, now
That someday I'll open up the floodgates
And let the lyrics flow
Someday I'll understand the dry taste
When the words are trapped below
Some days I wonder if my airway
Is clogged with all the quotes, that I wrote, now
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel worthless
Maybe I should open the drawer
Burn the pages
Write poems with the ash on the floor
Pour the ink, into the sink
And watch it drain from the shore
[Chorus]
I don't want love no more
Though it's the one thing I've been searching for
Though it's the one thing that I miss the most
Now I'm afraid to be alone
[Verse 2]
I learnt to grow old when I was younger
Scared of staying young
Afraid of the thoughts that I had conjured
That sat atop my tongue
Knowing I'd change the worlds opinion
If they would just, listen up
But they won't, now
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel worthless
Maybe I should open the drawer
Burn the pages
Write poems with the ash on the floor
Pour the ink, into the sink
And watch it drain from the shore
[Chorus]
I don't want love no more
Though it's the one thing I've been searching for
Though it's the one thing that I miss the most
Now I'm afraid to be alone (I'm afraid to be alone)
To be alone
[Bridge]
Looking in the mirror like
Maybe I will find myself tonight
I ask for a better mind
Then tap into the sight through my third eye
I had never realized
I thought I had chosen my design
I thought I was broken all this time
[Chorus]
I don't want love no more
Though it's the one thing I've been searching for
Though it's the one thing that I miss the most
Now I'm afraid to be alone
Oceans Q&A
Who wrote Oceans's ?
Oceans was written by Jacob Lee.
Who produced Oceans's ?
Oceans was produced by Matt Bartlem.
What did Jacob Lee say about "Oceans"?
I tend to write music from an empathetic place towards other people, or a story in my mind about someone.
This is the very first one about me and my journey as an artist. It’s quite ambiguous and metaphorical; I like to leave lyrics up to interpretation. That’s the way I write so other people might...
how was it, writing about himself for the first time?
It was hard. Usually the songs kind of flow out in a maximum of an hour, it just completely comes out of you. This one started that way and then it took a bit longer.
— Jacob Lee via Blank GC
how would you describe this song?
“Oceans” is a track I’d describe as therapeutic. I wrote the chorus first, sitting behind three doors shut to the outside world, making futile efforts to silence the bustling noises from the living room. I was messing around with a brand new chord progression I’d discovered recently, and was trying...
Is there a music video?
Yes, it shows the Earth after a kind of apocalypsis erased all human trace. It features the world in 2071, where the ocean level of toxicity manipulated oxygen and people died from asphyxiation, lung collapse and TBI.
Only a few proved adaptable to this, as in such case: