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Cross Oceans

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Cross Oceans Lyrics

There's something about you
That I'm never going to find out
I want to live that life again
I want to live that life again

The way that you say things
So they sound so right
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans

But everything I say I keep in the wrong side of my mouth
And when the words come out they don't sound anything like
I imagined, 'cause I imagined

It feels like I am
Waiting for the rain
I want to live that life again
I want to live that life again

Or an endless secret
Parade of change
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans

Stare at the ground a second to long then it's gone
And everything I can see looks nothing like
I imagined, 'cause I imagined

I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans
I want to cross oceans

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albionsailor On Sep 06, 2008

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2008-09-06 14:47:36

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by jemmaC

16y ago

Love this song so mucho, I'm surprised nobody knows about these guys. Well I get first post!!!!!>_<

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by imsogoingcrazy

15y ago

I think this song is about wanting to be more than you are at the moment and wanting to accomplish something, while at the same time missing how things used to be.

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