OCEAN OF TEARS

Soko

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In an article titled "Grunge-pop singer Soko loses herself in ‘Ocean Of Tears’", Leonie Cooper of Dazed described the video for this song as "...a giggly, grainy, psychedelic day in the life recorded with an 1980s Fisher Price VHS camera...Soko and director Nina Ljeti headed to a host of friends’ houses to shoot pussycats, bunny heads, donuts, snorkels and swimming pools, for a wonderfully wonky trip down the rabbit hole which came with a hefty hangover for the singer."

Cooper quotes Soko as saying: “It actually took me a week to recover because my body is so not used to it! I wanted to lose control, lose a sense of self, and just have fun.”

LYRICS

I burn my lungs 'cause I'm alone
I feel an ocean of tears underneath my tongue
And the world is ending any minute now
But I can't keep laughing 'cause I know it's real

Oh, I really hope I can be abducted
If there's a God out there, just take me away
Then I can be myself, no reason to hide
In the ocean of fears, now enjoy the ride

You know I am scared to drown
In the ocean of tears,
In the ocean of fears

I thought I was a witch who was responsible
For the death of all the people that I love the most
Trying to forgive myself for the wrong I've done
Oh god has a plan to kill us all

And everyday I wake up from a crazy dream
Where I'm looking for my daddy, and I know he's here
And I don't wanna wake, I can control my dreams
I feel safer this way, cause I can disappear

You know I am scared to drown
In the ocean of tears,
In the ocean of fears
You know I will learn to rise
From the ocean of tears,
From the ocean of fears

[Interlude]

Dream away my child

Hold your breath
Learn to die
Staying jolly

Oh dream, dream away

Hold your breath, learn to die, stay, enjoy
Hold your breath, learn to die, stay, enjoy
And I'm too aware of my mortality
I thought I was a kid when I wasn't a kid

And I'm haunted now, I am haunted now
And when I'm digging the grave
Kiss me dead,
Oh, kiss me dead
Yeah, kiss me