Her self-titled debut album, Mathilde Santing, came out in 1982 and she gas released well over fifteen studio albums since, most of them sung in English, although she sometimes performs and records in her mother tongue as well. Known for her whispery and vulnerable vocal style, Santing is a prominent gay role model in The Netherlands. She sang at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam.
Santing's biggest chart success came in 1999 with the lush ballad 'Wonderful Life', which hit #6 in the Dutch Top 40. The song was taken from the 1999 album To Others To One, which is her highest charting album in her native Netherlands to date, reaching #4 in the Dutch album charts.
How Deep Is the Ocean
Mathilde Santing Lyrics
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I'll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How many times a day do I think of you?
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?
And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How far would I travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?
And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How high is the sky?
The lyrics to Mathilde Santing's song "How Deep Is the Ocean" express the depth of the singer's love for someone. The lyrics are a series of rhetorical questions that help to quantify and qualify the extent of the singer's love. For example, the singer asks "How deep is the ocean?" which is a well-known metaphor for a bottomless depth, and compares it to "How high is the sky?" which is a symbol of infinite height. She also asks how many times a day she thinks of her beloved, and how many roses are sprinkled with dew, as if to suggest that her love for this person is immeasurable, and impossible to count.
The singer goes on to ask how far she would travel to be with her beloved, and compares her journey to that of traveling to a star. This metaphor indicates that her love is incredibly far-reaching, and that she would go to great lengths to be with this person. Finally, the singer expresses her fear of losing her beloved, and asks how much she would cry if that happened. This shows the depth of her emotional investment in the relationship.
Overall, the lyrics to "How Deep Is the Ocean" are a declaration of love that attempts to measure the immeasurable. The song's use of rhetorical questions and poetic metaphors help to convey the depth and complexity of the singer's feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
How much do I love you?
I want to express the depth of my love for you
I'll tell you no lie
I will be truthful in conveying my feelings
How deep is the ocean?
My love for you is as infinite as the depths of the ocean
How high is the sky?
My love for you reaches as far as the sky
How many times a day do I think of you?
You constantly occupy my thoughts
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
My admiration for you is as plentiful as the dew on roses
How far would I travel
I am willing to go to great lengths
To be where you are?
Just to be by your side
How far is the journey
The distance I would go is immeasurable
From here to a star?
As far as the distance between here and a star
And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
The mere thought of losing you brings me great sadness
How deep is the ocean?
My love for you is as boundless as the depths of the ocean
How high is the sky?
My love for you reaches as high as the sky
How high is the sky?
My love for you is infinite
Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: IRVING BERLIN
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