Can you make it easier for me to understand
How you're holding my heart, in your trembling hands...
Eyes that rise to meet me half way up among the stars,
You may be from Venus but I'm definitely not from Mars

You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time

Make the warm winds circle round my head just like you do
If I could do it, I'd be doing it to you
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee

You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless in time

I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee

You're an ocean, you're an ocean
Settle down, settle down, what's the commotion?
I'm an island, but you're an ocean
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion
You've got me suspended motionless

You've got me suspended motionless
You've got me suspended motionless in time


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You're an Ocean Lyrics as written by Anthony Scalzo

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    yea, i thought it was "i'm an island" i could be wrong, though

    alisonlm7on April 06, 2005   Link

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