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Life's An Ocean

from Memory (2011) by Roderick

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I've got this silly way of thinking life's an ocean,
And beautiful girls, like you, they must control the tide.
Don't forget I'm shipwrecked and you know I hate to swim,
But it seems my only hope in breathing is to take the water in.

See I'm the type of guy that only knows devotion,
Come with me we'll be like Bonnie and Clyde.
But instead of robbing all those banks, we'll capture hearts,
By proving life can be so beautiful if love is the start.

All I asked for was a chance to be,
Kicking sand, Cali shores, dodging phone-lines for tan-lines,
To finally find a place to call home.
All I asked for was a chance to be,
Oh, but I'm doing much better now.

Now that my high's reach the sun, and this world and I are one,
Maybe the sea could part and bring you to me.
In a world full of shit, see the coast admire it,
'Cause tomorrow isn't promised, I'm sorry I'm honest, but that's me.

Why do you do the subtle things that undo my space to grow?
But I can't blame you, 'cause you don't know it hurts like hell.
How do you do that special thing that cuts my air so I can't breathe?
If I weren't hopeless, by now I'd probably leave.
But not 'til I ask you a couple of things,
Can you say you love me and you know what you mean?

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from Memory (2011), released June 22, 2011

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Roderick is the nom-de-plume of singer-songwriter Stephen Kellner.
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