Ocean
Atmospheres Lyrics

Tap tap tap lick the globe against the moon
Making futile attempts to achieve something impossible

For the next tune we'll let the camera zoom into the bedroom
Intending to create something more personal and intimate

The more she raises her voice, the less I really hear
Tuning out of a nagging situation

The more she leaves the house, the less I spend on beer
Being happy with somebody gone and the resulting benefits

All thoughts are clear, Chain smoker box of ???
Mentally seeing things clearly yet indulging in habits that are not good for you

Got to shed this excess gear before we cross this bridge
Needing to let go of something unnecessary before moving forward

If we make it to the opposite side of where we stand
Hoping to achieve something greater by moving away from the present

We can get some land and make a plan, Woman and man
Starting afresh with a partner and a new dream

But your only twenty something are you ready to change?
Questioning the preparedness and willingness to change

You've accomplished plenty running
Having achieved a lot by moving away from the current position

Are you tired? Are you hungry?
Asking if the person is in need of a break or refreshment

Up to no good, but down to try too hard
Willing to try hard to do the wrong thing, or the right thing at the wrong time or place

And to depart and sever the old ways of gauging the weather
Leaving behind the old methods that do not work anymore

And when they ask if you treat me right, I have to lie and yes if I'm to answer the question
Having to pretend that everything's fine when it really is not

Here I dance again in front of the mirror, solitair Wondering where you are, what's the time, why am I losing all my hair?
Feeling lonely and disoriented while being preoccupied by one's appearance and situation

If I could hook half as good as you looked, I'd trade in my head phones and my notebook
Being willing to give up one's own interests and hobbies for somebody else

For all the time you took up to shine, Shook up my alignment, hooked up to silence, Cause these footsteps are my steps
Realizing how much influence someone had in one's life, leading to altered priorities

Ok enter mommy's little sociopath, Hoping I have the sober cells left, To taste the smoke on her breathe
Entering a relationship with a person who has problems and hoping to survive it

Chosen my steps, Prepare to pour a earfill, Trying to drive her soul, Keep your hands on the steering wheel!
Preparing oneself to take control of the situation and hoping it doesn't go wrong

One at nine the other at three, Won't ever find another like she, I call it thief because she took it
Describing an unmatched and precious experience that somebody took away

BAM! Hit a tree, my fault I wasn't looking, Distracted, but ain't nobody acting surprised
Encountering a disaster by lack of attention, while nobody is shocked by it

Mapping out a plan to put me back in her eyes, She laid her hand on her thighs, Damn near went blind
Thinking about a strategy to get someone's attention again, and getting overwhelmed by it

And spread my wings to fly and clear my mind, And usually I'm at top of the game, At least I used to be, This is new to me
Describing the need to clear one's mind and try new and different things

I can't explain what you do to me, Moving me, seducing me, inducing me, reducing me down, To figure or not how I can go about improving me
Feeling that somebody is having a great influence and impact, but unsure whether it is good or bad

Deep within I swim a river of lust, Beginner's luck, Rising tide ignites the crust, Hunger, feed my need to free my seed
Describing primal instincts and drives and the initial phase of acting upon them

I cry, I bleed, I fly, I flee, I tried to be everything to each partner I find, But the bottom line is rain always starts in the mind
Describing different emotional and physical states and how one tried to be all things to all partners, despite underlying instability on the inside

So I climb inside the rhyme, And riddle the growth of the stone, And sip and swallow the aura, Hit it closer to home
Using music and poetry to come to terms with one's inner growth and issues

I'm just another stray cat trying to rest my tail, Prepared to go to war and scared to check the mail, She's a bird with crippled wings
Feeling like an outsider or misfit, while being ready for action but afraid of consequences or surprises in the future, and seeing someone else as weak and vulnerable

Intrigued by the simple things (it's too simple, you're too simple), You could take the bone out the chicken, But you can't take my girls out to lunch without me thinking, Probably something's up
Describing how simplicity is being interpreted as naivete by somebody else, while also seeing ulterior motives in simple things

If you can't take it with you then fuck it I ain't goin', I'll just sit here for now and dream about the ocean
Refusing to leave something behind and choosing to do nothing instead, while dreaming of something greater

Carouselic ???? contagious carnival of carnage, Wearing a name tag that says artist, Holding the harness, controlling the motive, Floating the waves, Looking for that ocean
Describing a confusing and overwhelming environment while playing a role in it, and still searching for one's personal fulfillment

Now I'm straining, striving, trying to see the ocean, I'm riding, driving, I'm trying to make it to the ocean, Lifting up every shell and holding it up to my ear, I'm trying to hear the ocean, I got to feel the ocean
Working hard and trying to achieve something elusive that is deeply desired

Just Get out and don't come back again
A repetitive outer stimulus accompanying the reflection and search for something inner