Love Song Analysis

Ocean Wide

Look outside
It's already light and the stars ran away with the night
Things we're said, words that we'll try forget,
it's so hard to admit I know we've made mistakes
I see through all the tears but that's what got us here

[Chorus:]
If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side
We're gonna make it
When love is a raging sea
You can hold on to me
We'll find a way tonight
Love is an ocean wide

I'll stay right here
It's where I'll always belong
Tied with your arms
Days like this, I wish the sun wouldn't set
I don't want to forget
What made us feel this way
You see through all my fears
And that's what got us here

[Chorus]

Love is an ocean wide enough to forget
Even when we think we can't

In “Ocean Wide”, the types of expressed are most friendship and commitment. I think this would be God's ideal for me at the moment because the passion part of complete love should really be saved for marriage. Besides, in real love, passion should never take priority over friendship or commitment because it makes sex a selfish thing. Something that makes me uncomfortable is the first verse. To me it shows that there was an argument because he's talking about words that they regret and mistakes that they'd made, but what I do like about it is that it's realistic. No relationship comes without some kinds of arguments, and if there is never arguing, something isn't right.

This song helped me realize God's ideal for human love is one where both people are able to work together and overcomes struggles rather than run away from them. I wouldn't really say that this song has much to say about family life. It's really directed more towards a couple only. The words in this song a totally rational in nature. “Things we're said, words that we'll try forget, it's so hard to admit I know we've made mistakes” doesn't paint this picture of happy forever and ever, but rather it acknowledges that times are going to hard sometimes. But, despite these are hard times, the two people will hold on to each other to keep each other strong to make it through their struggles.

Yes, the message gives the message that I'm a valuable person capable of making rational choices. It shows that the person has a choice whether not to stay in the relationship, and in the song, the person chooses to tough it out and work things out. This is a very clean song and the only sexual implication I could think of would be at the beginning. “ Look outside, It's already light and the stars ran away with the night” could possibly be that the two people have spent the night with each other. If I were the object of this person's love, I would feel very lucky because the love that I hope to have is one where we both enjoy each other's company, but we both understand that we're not going to agree on everything and that we need to work things out. “ I'll stay right here, It's where I'll always belong, Tied with your arms” to me is that the person chooses to be with me, and is in the relationship for the long-run.

I don't feel that the song I chose was typical of the songs that my friends are listening to, because the song that they listen to are full of wishful thinking. The music definitely adds to the meaning of the words. At the beginning, it starts off quiet, like that calm after the resolve of an argument, then the songs builds off the idea that things are getting better, and as such, the music becomes more upbeat. Now that I have carefully analyzed the message of this song, I wish to find a love that will function somewhat like the love in this song, in respect to the idea that they people work things out.