Lyrics for Walk On The Ocean as interpreted by rabidpenguin

Walk On The Ocean Lyrics
we spotted the ocean at the head of the trail
where are we going, so far away
and somebody told me that this is the place
where everything's better, everything's safe

walk on the ocean
step on the stones
flesh becomes water
wood becomes bone

and half and hour later we packed up our things
we said we'd send letters and all those little things
and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same
it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came

now we're back at the homestead
where the air makes you choke
and people don't know you
and trust is a joke
we don't even have pictures
just memories to hold
that grow sweeter each season
as we slowly grow old

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LiveUrLife
04-13-2002

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Im `urprised no onehas commented o~ this sOng yet.!To me tiis song paints an amazi|g picture of the infamoes summe` fling.The last day of"summer ` summer fling cnuple gods out somewhere!probablh their own little spot there thgy can be privatt and saX good-bxe and how much dhey love each ovher and will kedp in touch. Knoting that they will prob`bly never see epch othep again."They le`ve and Fo to their respective homes. As he looks back at this girl who has completely touched his life in such a powerful way but can't go back. all he has left is memories of this girl that grow even more magically every summer that passes. This song to me is the ultimate theme song for anyone who has ever fallen in love at the beach during the summer and left them knowing u will never see them again and there is no doubt about it that whomever wrote this song wrote it from expierence.

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no_remorse0
04-13-2002

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well maybe noone has commented on this song because theyve never heard of this band

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LiveUrLife
04-14-2002

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Even if no one has heard of this band, its rare that no one has heard of this song. Besides you can hear this bands name once and it should stick out for the rest of your life. i mean really who names their band toad the wet sproaket

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Lindsay Way
05-05-2002

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Best song by far by them! So much meaning for me and others!

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GCPunkDoRk
05-08-2002

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I absolutely love this song. Toad the Wet Sprocket is so awesome!

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angel 08
05-15-2002

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have you guys listened to their song entitled 'windmills'? it's one of the best songs i've ever heard. it also alludes to don quixote. (i dunno if thats the right spelling)

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iNclet
06-05-2002

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hey nice lovely melodic song man...
can someone tell me the guitar chords used in the song....:D

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ultjer
06-11-2002

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Toad The Wet Sprocket is by far, in my opinion, the most underrated and unappreaciated band in the History of Rock. I am qualified to make this statement too because I have listened to it all, and thoroughly might I add. Jeremy.

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Davkay20
06-17-2002

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jeremy you are right....they are WAY under rated. everyone knows their songs, like 'all i want', 'somethings always wrong', and this one...everyone loves these songs but dont KNOW ABOUT TOAD! i dont get it. do radio stations just not say the name of the band? anyhow, iNclet, some of the guitar in this song is actually mandolin, so good luck.

this song is about the whole idea of a summer experience, explained in all its magic and foreign wonder once you return home to a real life where things arent so magical and your stuck at school or work. he paints the picture so well, better than any other attempt ive ever seen. "age six racer" by dashboard confessional comes close, but its a different image chris is painting there.

toad is amazing, and glen is such a wonderful song writer...way under rated.

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Emo_ezralite
06-17-2002

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Toad is amazing I must say. Listen to a song like "Whatever I Fear" and you can see so much about yourself in it. In my opinion, they are the first true EMO band, despite not being a punk band.

Also, if you like Toad, check out Glen Phillips solo stuff. Some of it is just mind blowing.

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Davkay20
06-18-2002

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toad might be the first emo band - i went from listening to toad stuff to jimmy's "clarity" a couple years ago and right into the whole world of emo/indie. and the people who like bands like juliana and jimmy with me dont also like toad, which i dont understand...in 1989 they were writing this stuff, and it took this long for the rest of the world to catch up. toad is amazing

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fallacies
06-18-2002

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You guys are joking about the emo thing, right?

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Emo_ezralite
06-18-2002

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Fallacies, listen to a song like Good Intentions, Whatever I fear, or even All I Want and you will definitly hear an EMO sound. One of the guys from The Get Up Kids even said that Toad was one of his favorite bands of all time. That should say something right there.

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Davkay20
06-19-2002

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as far as toad pretty much never sings a song that is directly about losing a girl, no they are not like emo....i think what i am saying, and maybe emo ezralite is saying this too, or maybe not - is that toad wrote emotional lyrics, and poetic lyrics, not ones that were polished over either. they were lyrics that you had to figure out, and it went along to music in a very poetic way. i would compare many toad songs to the "clarity" album by Jimmy Eat World, or some Sunny Day Real Estate. So perhaps indie is more the proper term...but whether or not Toad influenced these bands - they were definately ahead of their time.

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fallacies
06-19-2002

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"i would compare many toad songs to the "clarity" album by Jimmy Eat World, or some Sunny Day Real Estate."

Neither of those bands are emo.

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Davkay20
06-20-2002

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ok, if your gonna be technical, those are indie rock. good point. maybe what we are really saying...is that toad was an early indie band. the line between indie and emo is blurry at best and basically just depends on how you make the distinction....think about what we're saying, not how we're saying it.

thanks

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fallacies
06-20-2002

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Emo = late hardcore. Emotional, yes. Hard, yes. Screaming, yes. Not that light, poppy bullshit that's out now.

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xjkx
06-20-2002

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the line between indie and emo is like.. maybe 500 feet wide. emo is an offshoot of hardcore, so therefore it's screaming. saeita, indian summer, navio forge, still life, antioch arrow, forstella ford, etc. jimmy eat world and get up kids are definately not emo. old get up kids like woodson ep and 4 minute mile were slightly emo-influenced, but they were never emo.

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Davkay20
06-21-2002

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somehow this turned into an emo or not emo debate...im just saying that toad is an early indie band. but, as far as emo goes, you are right, it is an offshoot of hardcore and punk. its more emotional and the lyrics matter more...so the natural progression was towards the stuff we have today which people still call emo - like saves the day and the get up kids (which pisses people off). im not saying its right to call it emo, but most everyone DOES call it that...so let it go.

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emo glenn
08-05-2002

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somewhere out there, someone is arguing that "this new kenny g is not jazz...you want jazz, you need bird or coltrane"...

same deal with emo...we all know where it started out (i hope), but it's evolved along the years. the way it's tossed around these days is ridiculous...hell, according to today's definition, all country songs are emo, along with all r & b. the point is, we can't score scene points for properly defining emo because no one can anymore. you could in 92 or 86...but not anymore.

as far as toad is concerned, i believe this song to be one of the best i've ever heard, and one of the most fun to play and sing. i guess i didn't expect an emo debate here though... :)

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neenzabeen
08-30-2002

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Errgggg stupid labels. You can call it emo, rock, hell even go and call it pop and it still is a great song. This stupid debate over it's musical classification is way to reminiscent that age old shakespeare scene of "what's in a name?" Of course if any of you paid attention in english class you would of course know that the debate ends in a proclaiming that "a rose would smell as sweet as if by any other name." Give it up guys, enjoy the music.

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Dreamwevr
09-08-2002

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I've loved toad since i discovered bread and circus years ago. however this is my favorite album since i can personally relate to a lot of the songs. This one especially..."back at the homestead where the air makes you choke...people dont know you and trust is a joke" that's prety much what i feel when i do decide to visit home. Anyway to all the toad lovers peace god bless and even though they broke up they'll live forever ...

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Soundboy
04-08-2003

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Everyone has thier own opinion of a band's genre. It seems that every song I view there is always a debate. So respect everyone's opinion and make it about the song, not the genre. Why don't you ask the band? I'm sure that Toad was influenced by many different genres of music and that waht makes them Toad. Bands are like people, everyone just like every band is different. Honestly, I think we should banish the genre system all together. Its something put out by the radio stations, which honestly I all despise. And another thing, some of you were commenting that Toad should be on the radio, well im glad they arent popular because to me that what makes them so special. If everyone knew about this secret we know it wouldnt be nearly as enjoyable.

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bloodybitch
06-14-2003

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Call 'em what you want, I call 'em awesome and that's good enough for me. It's funny, so many of their songs, I don't know, they're REAL...I don't know how else to explain it. They sing about things most others wouldn't dare and you have to respect them at least for that.

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bakismaki
12-07-2004

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These arguments are so stupid. This a great song and a great band period. People get so wrapped up in whatever music scene their in. They either want to stick every good band in that scene or criticize a band for not being part of it. When you think about it Toad was never even part of a genre per say. At the peak of their popularity I can't remember their being too many bands that sounded like them.

As for the meaning of the song, Davkay20 explained it perfectly.

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