Ocean Avenue
Nostalgic Reflections: Ocean Avenue's Sentimental Journey
Lyrics
There's a place off Ocean Avenue
Introduction to a location on Ocean Avenue.
Where I used to sit and talk with you
Recollection of sitting and conversing at that place with someone.
We were both 16 and it felt so right
Both individuals were 16, and their connection felt right.
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Description of a carefree time spent sleeping during the day and staying up all night.
Staying up all night
Reiteration of staying up all night.
There's a place on the corner of Cherry Street
Introduction to another place, this time on Cherry Street.
We would walk on the beach in our barefeet
Memories of walking barefoot on the beach at age 18.
We were both 18 and it felt so right
The connection at 18 felt right, similar to the previous experience.
Sleeping all day, staying up all night
Repetition of the carefree lifestyle of sleeping during the day and staying up all night.
Staying up all night
Reiteration of staying up all night.
If I could find you now things would get better
Expresses a desire to find the person now for an improved situation.
We could leave this town and run forever
Hopeful suggestion of leaving the current town and running away together.
Let your waves crash down on me
Invoking imagery of ocean waves crashing down, symbolizing a desire for a change.
And take me away, yeah yeah
Expressing a longing to be taken away by the metaphorical waves.
There's a piece of you that's here with me
A part of the person being addressed is said to be present everywhere.
It's everywhere I go, it's everything I see
Emphasizes the pervasive influence of the person in various aspects of life.
When I sleep I dream and it gets me by
During sleep, the speaker dreams of the person, providing comfort.
I can make believe that you're here tonight
Ability to make believe that the person is present, especially at night.
That your here tonight
Reiteration that the person is here, particularly in the speaker's thoughts at night.
If I could you find now things would get better
Repetition of the desire to find the person for an improved situation.
We could leave this town and run forever
Reiteration of the idea of leaving the town and running away together.
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Expressing a belief that the two will be together somewhere, somehow.
Let your waves crash down on me
Repetition of the desire for the metaphorical waves to bring a change.
And take me away, yeah
Reiteration of the desire to be taken away by the waves.
I remember the look in your eyes
Recollection of a specific moment: the look in the person's eyes when saying goodbye.
When I told you that this was goodbye
Reflecting on the impact of the farewell.
You were begging me not tonight
The person begged the speaker not to part on that particular night.
Not here, not now
Emphasizing the reluctance to part at that moment.
We're looking up at the same night sky
Both parties are metaphorically looking at the same night sky, suggesting a shared experience despite physical separation.
We keep pretending the sun will not rise
Pretending that the dawn will not break, expressing a desire for the night to last longer.
We'll be together for one more night
Hope for one more night together, somewhere and somehow.
Somewhere, somehow
Reiteration of the hope for a reunion in the future.
If I could find you now things would get better
Repetition of the desire to find the person for an improved situation.
We could leave this town and run forever
Reiteration of the idea of leaving the town and running away together.
I know somewhere, somehow we'll be together
Reiteration of the belief that they will be together somewhere, somehow.
Let your waves crash down on me
Repetition of the desire for the metaphorical waves to bring a change.
And take me away, yeah yeah
Reiteration of the desire to be taken away by the waves.
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