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Sea of Love

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Sea of Love Lyrics

Come with me my love to the sea
The sea of love
I wanna tell you
How much I love you
I'm drowning in a sea of love

Do you remember the night we met?
That's the night I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you
How much I love you
I'm drowning in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea

Do you remember the night we met?
That's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you
How much I love you
I'm down in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea

Do you remember the night we met?
That's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna to tell you
How much I love you
I'm down in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea

Do you remember the night we met?
That's the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna to tell you
How much I love you
I'm down here in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea

Come with me my love to the sea
The sea of love
I wanna to tell you
How much I love you
I'm down here in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea

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cosbynaut On Aug 06, 2008

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Cover art for Sea of Love lyrics by Tom Waits

by TweedleDeeTweedleDum

15y ago

I think Tom waits really made this song his own. if you compare his version with the doo-wop original (which is also nice) i believe he added an extra dimension. he made it extremly beautiful and sweet but with a haunting and spooky undertone. the deep warm drums and the cold, close to the bone guitarsolo's (Marc Ribot?) makes this song a classic Tom Waits.

The thing I like about this song (in his version) is that you don't know if his love is reciprocated. i always thought the last lines in the chorus were " I wanna tell you how much i love you but i'm drowning in the sea of love". as if his love was to big and brought him down.

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by BarnabyHughes

10y ago

It suggests a very controlling relationship, the protagonist has to control his woman because of the weight of his feelings towards her...a potential wife batterer maybe?

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