Lyrics to
The Ocean

This version of The Ocean was released by Led Zeppelin in 1973.

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– “We’ve done four already but now we’re steady
and then they went: One, two, three, four”

Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain
Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the grain
Got no time to pack my bags, my foots outside the door
Got a date, I c

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About Lyrics and The Ocean by Led Zeppelin

The lyrics to The Ocean are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Led Zeppelin used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to The Ocean have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Led Zeppelin and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to The Ocean by Led Zeppelin. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Ocean" means the words set to the music of The Ocean, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Led Zeppelin. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Ocean and the lyrics to The Ocean are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Led Zeppelin who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Ocean, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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