Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
Cover art for Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen
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Ocean Rain Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All at sea again and now my hurricanes
Have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
My ship's a-sail, can you hear its tender frame?
Screaming from beneath the waves
Screaming from beneath the waves

[Chorus]
All hands on deck at dawn
Sailing to sadder shores
Your port in my heavy storms
Harbours the blackest thoughts

[Verse 2]
I'm at sea again and now your hurricane
Have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
My ship's a-sail, can you hear its tender frame?
Screaming from beneath the waves
Screaming from beneath the waves

[Chorus]
All hands on deck at dawn
Sailing to sadder shores
Your port in my heavy storms
Harbours the blackest thoughts
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
All hands on deck at dawn
Sailing to sadder shores
Your port in my heavy storms
Harbours the blackest thoughts

[Verse 3]
All at sea again and now my hurricanes
Have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
My ship's a-sail, hear its tender frame
Screaming from beneath the waves
Screaming from beneath your waves
Screaming from beneath the waves
Screaming from beneath the waves

[Chorus]
All hands on deck at dawn
Sailing to sadder shores
Your port in my heavy storms
Harbours the blackest thoughts

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The gorgeous and epic closer to this classic album, “Ocean Rain” utilizes sailing through storms as a metaphor for the narrator’s troubled relationship. The imagery is richly dark and menacing, grossly contrasting the grandeur and beauty of the melody.

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Credits
Recorded At
Studio des Dames & Studio Davout, Paris, Île-de-France, France; Amazon Studios, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Release Date
May 4, 1984
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