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Hole in the Ocean Floor Lyrics

I woke with a start
Crying bullets, beating heart
To hear all God's creatures
Roaring again

Not a cricket was creaking,
Or a floorboard was squeaking,
And all the world was snoring for show

There's a hole in the ocean floor
There's a hole in the ocean floor
Gonna stop bleeding alone

I woke with a start
Crying bullets, beating heart
To hear all God's creatures
Roaring again...
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Cover art for Hole in the Ocean Floor lyrics by Andrew Bird

The lines about a hole in the ocean floor could be about an offshore oil spill.

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Cover art for Hole in the Ocean Floor lyrics by Andrew Bird

In an Onion AV Club interview, he actually says it's inspired by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Cover art for Hole in the Ocean Floor lyrics by Andrew Bird

"Or a floorboard was squeaking"

is a funny take on the oil spill

 
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