The sweeping instrumental tides and the lament-laden tones of Robert's on-the-verge-of-tears voice make this song one of the Cure's most powerfully atmospheric (alongside "A Forest") to date. I can just see a seascape, colored in hues of the most melancholy blue, as Robert sits sullenly on the sand, singing a softly desperate, confused ode to the great contradiction known as getting older.
"Ocean" fits together in every way so perfectly...I think everyone in the world should at least hear this song once.
The sweeping instrumental tides and the lament-laden tones of Robert's on-the-verge-of-tears voice make this song one of the Cure's most powerfully atmospheric (alongside "A Forest") to date. I can just see a seascape, colored in hues of the most melancholy blue, as Robert sits sullenly on the sand, singing a softly desperate, confused ode to the great contradiction known as getting older. "Ocean" fits together in every way so perfectly...I think everyone in the world should at least hear this song once.