Your Legs Grow Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sanderblom 

Cover art for Your Legs Grow lyrics by Nada Surf

I was at a Nada Surf gig just yesterday, and with announcing the song he said: "the next song is a metaphorical song, it's about your legs growing to the bottom of the sea". With that he started playing.

So my guess is you being able to stand in the middle of the stone cold ocean is the same metaphor as "the weight is a gift".