Only The Ocean Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wand3rlust 

Cover art for Only The Ocean lyrics by Jack Johnson

For some reason when I first heard this I just automatically assumed it was about his father (a former surfer) who passed away. It would explain the going out to the water and the lines like "you don't love but you don't hate" and his own reflection of going out to the ocean eventually - "When this world is too much / It will be / Only the ocean and me"

I really like it nonetheless.