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"Oceans"
Evanescence (album)
Released October 11, 2011
Length 3:31
Producers Nick Raskulinecz
Label Wind-up Records
Chronology
'Evanescence'
"The End of the Dream" "Oceans" "Never Go Back"

"Oceans" is a song on the third, self-titled studio album, Evanescence.

Background and composition[]

In an interview with Spin, Amy announced the name of three new songs to be included in Evanescence's third record, among these is "Oceans", which is described by Amy as a song "with a big, low synth and a vocal, then the band kicks in. It's big and lush. We've been having a lot of fun playing that one especially." Evanescence premiered "Oceans" on August 17, 2011 during the show in Nashville. The song was added to the set list in support of Evanescence.

On the track-by-track interview of the album's deluxe DVD, Amy discusses the song:

I love “Oceans.” It’s one of my favourite songs on the record ‘cause it does have a different feel but at the same time it kind of reminds me of older Evanescence when we were writing a long time ago. It kind of resonate with "Imaginary" a little bit. I love synthesizers now. I love playing with them. It’s so fun. It’s got this big synthesizer sound going on in it. I guess it's a little indulgent.

Lyrics[]

Don’t want to be the one to walk away
But I can’t bear the thought of one more day
I think I finally understand what it means to be lost

Can’t find the road to lead us out of this
A million miles from where we burned the bridge
Can’t keep pretending everything’s gonna be alright

With the whole world falling around me

Cross the oceans in my mind
Find the strength to say goodbye
In the end you never can wash the blood from your hands

Fallen so far from where we were before
You’ll never find what you’ve been searching for
Someone to fill the void and make up for all of those missing pieces of you

Like I could only dream to do

Cross the oceans in my mind
Find the strength to say goodbye
Everything that we believed in was a lie
Cross the oceans in your mind
Find a way to blur the line
In the end you never can wash the blood from your hands

And we never learn so we fall down again
Heaven help me find a way to dream within this nightmare

Cross the oceans in my mind
Find the strength to say goodbye
Everything that we believed in was a lie
Cross the oceans in your mind
Find a way to blur the line
In the end you never can wash the blood from your hands



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