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Elton John Oceans Away Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 8.50/10 [2 votes]Album: The Diving Board / Original Release Date: 2013-09-13Genre: PopSong Duration: 3 min 57 sec
ELTON JOHN
- Oceans Away Lyrics / with translationsI hung out with the old folks, in the hope that I'd get wise.
I was trying to bridge the gap, between the great divide.
Hung on every recollection, in the theater of their eyes
Picking up on this and that, in the few that still survive.
Call em up
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
They bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lions
Though snow white start to gather, like the belt around Orion.
Just a touch of faded lightning, of the powerful design,
Of the generation gathered, for maybe the last time.
Call em up
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
Oceans away where the green grass sways and the cool wind blows across the
shadow of their graves.
shoulder to shoulder, back in the day, sleeping bones to rest in Earth
Oceans away
Oceans away
Call em up
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
I was trying to bridge the gap, between the great divide.
Hung on every recollection, in the theater of their eyes
Picking up on this and that, in the few that still survive.
Call em up
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
They bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lions
Though snow white start to gather, like the belt around Orion.
Just a touch of faded lightning, of the powerful design,
Of the generation gathered, for maybe the last time.
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
Oceans away where the green grass sways and the cool wind blows across the
shadow of their graves.
shoulder to shoulder, back in the day, sleeping bones to rest in Earth
Oceans away
Oceans away
Call em up
Dust em off
Let em shine
The ones who hold onto the the ones, they had to leave behind
Those that flew, those that fell,
The ones that had to stay
Beneath a little wooden cross
Oceans away
Facts about Oceans Away
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Oceans Away is written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin.
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It is first released on September 13, 2013 as part of Elton John's album "The Diving Board" which includes 15 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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Oceans Away falls under the genre Pop.
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Oceans Away song length is 3 minutes and 57 seconds.
Who wrote Oceans Away lyrics?
Oceans Away is written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin.
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When was Oceans Away released?
It is first released on September 13, 2013 as part of Elton John's album "The Diving Board" which includes 15 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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Which genre is Oceans Away?
Oceans Away falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song Oceans Away?
Oceans Away song length is 3 minutes and 57 seconds.
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Record Label(s): 2013 Mercury Records Limited
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Meaning to "Oceans Away" song lyrics
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Oceans Away
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The writer is at a memorial service with veterans from world war 2 for US serviceman who were killed serving in Europe. He is concerned that this gathering may not happen again. He is also sad that the "old grey lions" are not getting their due respect. He encourages society to "call them up, dust them off, let them shine". Their greatness is only slightly buried beneath a thin layer of dust. We just need to dust them off and they will indeed shine. I am writing this on the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings.