I'm The Ocean (From Mirrorball)

Innocent_Bystander

I'm an accident
I was driving way too fast
Couldn't stop though
So I let the moment last
I'm for rollin'
I'm for tossin' in my sleep
It's not guilt though
It's not the company I keep
People my age
They don't do the things I do
They go somehwere
While I run away with you
I got my friends
And I got my children too
I got her love
She's got my love too
I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied
to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound
On the long plain
See the rider in the night
See the chieftain
See the braves
in cool moonlight
Who will love them
When they take another life
Who will hold them
When they tremble
for the knife
Voicemail numbers
On an old computer screen
Rows of lovers
Parked forever in a dream
Screaming sirens
Echoing across the bay
To the old boats
From the city far away
Homeless heroes
Walk the streets
of their hometown
Rows of zeros
On a field
that's turning brown
They play baseball
They play football
under lights
They play card games
And we watch them every night
Need distraction
Need romance and candlelight
Need random violence
Need entertainment tonight
Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love
I was too tired
To see the news
when I got home
Pulled the curtain
Fell into bed alone
Started dreaming
Saw the rider once again
In the doorway
Where she stood
and watched for him
Watched for him
I'm not present
I'm a drug
that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn
against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean
I'm the ocean


This song is beautiful!

Vedd Hedd

Thanks for posting this. Its my favorite from Mirrorball.

mookie blaylock 10

rolling stone rated it the number one "neil young song you've never heard"...great tune! definitely my favourite on mirror ball, but i also like scenery, peace and love, downtown, throw your hatred down, big green country...actually i like the whole cd...but yeah, "i'm the ocean" is the best!

Innocent_Bystander

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

rolling stone rated it the number one "neil young song you've never heard"...great tune! definitely my favourite on mirror ball, but i also like scenery, peace and love, downtown, throw your hatred down, big green country...actually i like the whole cd...but yeah, "i'm the ocean" is the best!

Today was a weird day. I find mirrorball and play it for the first time in years, and rekindle my love for I'm the Ocean, and i listen to it a few times. I get the mail, drop my rolling stone, and it opens to the page where I'm the Ocean is the top rated Niel Young song, "that you've never heard".

Flannel Shirt

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

rolling stone rated it the number one "neil young song you've never heard"...great tune! definitely my favourite on mirror ball, but i also like scenery, peace and love, downtown, throw your hatred down, big green country...actually i like the whole cd...but yeah, "i'm the ocean" is the best!

I gotta bust this in my player when I get home and listen Throw Your Hatred Down. I love that tune.

thelowlightargentina

Vedd Hedd wrote:

Thanks for posting this. Its my favorite from Mirrorball.

Same answer...thanks again

restlesssoul

im a cutlass supreme!!! fav line......


i owned 3 of these cars i love that song too.

electronblue

that song kicks ass!!!!



...In the wrong lane,
trying to turn against the flow...~


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azwyldcats

Amazing song! Check out the Hawks & Doves cover. Way slowed down but still great.