Slow Motion Ocean
Lyrics by D.B. Pacini ©

All the world's a stage and all of the actors are filled with stage fright
Van Gogh may have been insane when he painted Starry Starry Night
All I know is blue will never be so true again

And it's a slow motion ocean wavin' back at me
The chains around my momma's neck was the way she used to set me free
I had to become a (mother/father) to know how precious I should have been
I had to become a lover to understand where love begins

Yesterday is as far away as ten thousand years
If I live to see tomorrow will I wake to find you here
Everybody's all dressed up and got someplace to go
Too fast to see the ocean waving back so slow

And it's a slow motion ocean wavin' back at me
The chains around my momma's neck was the way she used to set me free
I had to become a (mother/father) to know how precious I should have been
I had to become a lover to understand where love begins

I was a sailing arrow, (boy/girl) you were just afraid
I sailed right past you and your hand it stayed
Deep inside your pocket safe and all alone
You don't mind shedding blood as long as it's not your own

And it's a slow motion ocean wavin' back at me
The chains around my momma's neck was the way she used to set me free
I had to become a (mother/father) to know how precious I should have been
I had to become a lover to understand where love begins