Ocean Size

Ocean Size is a Jane’s Addiction song written by Perry Farrell in 1986 about being homeless.

Lyrics

Nothing’s Shocking version:

Three, Four!

Wish I was ocean size
They cannot move you man,
No one tries
No one pulls you
Out from your hole
Like a tooth aching in a jawbone…

I was made with a heart of stone
To be broken
With one hard blow
I’ve seen the ocean
Break on the shore
Come together with no harm done…

It ain’t easy living…
I want to be
As deep
As the ocean
Mother ocean

I want to be
As deep
As the ocean
Mother ocean yeah!

Some people tell me
Home is in the sky
In the sky lives a spy
I want to be more like the ocean
No talking man,
All action…
No talking man,
All action…

Demo Version:

Three, Four!

Wish I was ocean size
They cannot move you man,
No one tries
No one pulls you
Out from your hole
Like a tooth aching in jawbone

I was made with a heart of stone
To be broken
With one hard blow
I’ve seen the ocean
Break on the shore
Come together with no harm done

It ain’t easy living
I want to be
As deep
As the ocean
Mother ocean yeah!

Ah…
I want to be
As deep
As the ocean
Mother ocean yeah!

Some people tell me
Home is in the sky
In the sky lives a spy
I want to be more like the ocean
No talking man,
All action
No talking man,
All action

Music Videos

The music video Ocean Size was directed by Casey Niccoli, although assembled by Warner Brothers of unused and left-over footage recorded by Casey. Concert footage was recorded during a live performance at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA on December 19, 1990, footage initially intended for inclusion in Perry and Casey’s movie Gift. There is also contains left over surf footage recorded for the Stop! music video and some beach footage recorded for the movie Gift that also appears in the Classic Girl music video.

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