Ocean Man

I think this song has something to do with the evolution of life on earth. It seems as if the protagonist is wanting to evolve, and this Ocean Man holds the key. Life originated from the sea, after all, and the singer is asking to be taken to land perhaps for the first time ("take me to the land that you understand"). Ween obviously love to create characters and base their songs around them, and I think their Ocean Man character is some sort of catalyst for evolution. What makes me further think this is the fact he's name's Ocean Man and clearly from the sea, yet he's a "lifeform braised in the sand....soaking up the thirst of the land," leading me to think this dude's more than just a sea-dwelling creature, that this guy is evolution incarnate. He was around way before us humans, and probably takes pity on us and our primitive minds for ever having thought the earth had corners and edges. He also need his help to evolve, thus why we (or the singer) take his hand and follow him.