I always thought that this song was about the ocean itself. Like her 'hidden obsession' was with the ocean. She needs to leave the land and see the sea again; she wishes so much she was 'somewhere else.' When I was having a hard time in my life, I became totally obsessed with the ocean and 'haven't spoken to no one,' just like in the song. I wouldn't let my friends in and became convinced that only the waves could make me me again. That's probably not what Lucinda meant as she wrote, but that's what it means to me.
I always thought that this song was about the ocean itself. Like her 'hidden obsession' was with the ocean. She needs to leave the land and see the sea again; she wishes so much she was 'somewhere else.' When I was having a hard time in my life, I became totally obsessed with the ocean and 'haven't spoken to no one,' just like in the song. I wouldn't let my friends in and became convinced that only the waves could make me me again. That's probably not what Lucinda meant as she wrote, but that's what it means to me.