Love took me by the hand
Love took me by surprise
Love led me to you
And love opened up my eyes

And I was drifting away
Like a drop in the ocean
And now I realize that
Nothing has been as beautiful
As when I saw heaven's skies
In your eyes
In your eyes

And every time I drift away
I lose myself in you
And now I see I can be me
In everything I do

'Cause I was feeling as small
As a drop in the ocean
And now I realize that
Nothing has been as beautiful
As when I saw heaven's skies
In your eyes
In your eyes

Love took me by the hand
Love took me by surprise

And I was drifting away
Like a drop in the ocean
And now I've realized that
Nothing has been as beautiful
As when I saw heaven's skies
In your eyes
In your eyes


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Drop in the Ocean Lyrics as written by Jenifer Allan Hagio Michelle Branch

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    This is such a good song, I can't believe no one has commented on it yet. :P It's a love song, plain and simple, but I love the sound of it... it's so different from her other songs. And when it gets faster and louder at the end... it's just a great song.

    rainbow6583on June 10, 2002   Link
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    This is by far my favorite on the album. Its her most serious and heartfelt...you can really fell the emotion in her voice. I cant beleive she is so young and has such song writing ability..shes gonna be a huge star!

    sierra80on June 12, 2002   Link
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    It's really nice words but the song beat is in my opinion to slow and not catchy, but the words are great. ** out of *****

    Michelle_23on June 16, 2002   Link
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    i wonder why everyone calls this pop. i mean, yeah, the sound is similar to pop-ish music, but it has so much more meaning. pop is just meaningless, senseless music, but michelle branch writes, plays, sings, and performs her own music. great stuff, i say.

    dontcryemoboyon June 20, 2002   Link
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    Her voice is amazing on this track.

    SummersKisson July 03, 2002   Link
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    michelle branch is amazing end of story :]

    SuperDorkon August 16, 2002   Link
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    i love this song too. cuz Cooper has gorgeous eyes. and i was like, uh, drifting? ya whatever. but i like this song anyway. :)

    loves_punk;)on September 05, 2002   Link
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    to dontcryemoboy:

    pop....short for "popular music"

    Michelle Branch = pop music.

    It's not necessarily a BAD thing...

    Hoobyon March 06, 2003   Link
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    I'll have to agree with Hooby on this one. Although Michelle Branch can be classified as sort of alternative, her music is popular hence she is also classified as pop. I think that pop has definately been defined to so many people as Britney Spears style music that just say the same meaningless things. If that was the case I wouldn't classify Michelle Branch as pop. However, she has clearly set a new standard for the fact that she has her own unique style and writes her songs. This is exactly what makes her music popular. I would like to think of this as a good thing.

    traciebearon March 18, 2003   Link
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    The start of this is a bit Beatle-ey.

    Andaahon June 13, 2003   Link

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