Ween - Ocean Man Meaning

Song Released: 1997

Ocean Man Lyrics

Ocean man, take me by the hand, lead me to the land that you understand
Ocean man, the voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip
Ocean man, the crust of a tan man imbibed by the sand
Soaking up the thirst of the land

Ocean man, can...

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   anonymous

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   Nov 25th 2016 !⃝

   You see, it's a metaphor, that anyone is the ocean man, the ocean man is what you make him, that's the beauty of the ocean man.

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   Jul 13th 2017 !⃝

   The "oberman" is a reference to Nietzsche's philosophy on Zarathustra. The "oberman", or "overman" or "ubermensch" is a sort of "superman" type of human. It implies the complete transcendence of a regular man into the superior man, who justifies the existence of the human race.

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   anonymous

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   Dec 8th 2017 !⃝

   Ight hear me out. There's this guy and he really- like really really- wanted to go to the ocean, so much so that he engulfs himself within oceanic culture and the atmosphere. This man decides to identify as an ocean and this love for the salty spittoon was founded by a childhood trip. This man is the subject bounded by the song that the two artists continually describe throughout the length of the song. Ween aims to communicate to the listener that they can also consume themselves into the oceanic culture, but this man- this man- has done it the best. He is the Jesus of the ocean if you will... like Poseidon.
4. anonymous

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   Feb 19th 2024 !⃝

   Ocean Man: a person that is your trip sitter/ D.D.
5. anonymous

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   Mar 21st 2023 !⃝

   Ocean man is just an illusion by the songwriter/band, Ween. When Aaron Freeman(One of the band leaders of Ween) was a kid he used to have hallucinations of a man made of water, Ocean Man is what he called him. Sooner he felt like he and Ocean Man had a close relationship. When Aaron was older he kept seeing Ocean Man but not as often so he decided to write a song about him to remember him even when he was no longer there.
6. kiyo

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   Dec 17th 2021 !⃝

   in my opinion, this song is about how sometimes, in a world full of negativity, we can always see our inner child and how some of us may find it confusing (Ocean man, the voyage to the corner of the globe Is a real trip and Ocean man, the crust is elusive when it casts forth
   To the childlike man) and how, no matter when, our inner happiness never leaves us no matter how much we evolve (Ocean man, the sequence of a life form braised in the sand, Soaking up the thirst of the land)
   I know this is problably not a good interpretation, but in the bad situation and the corrupted world we're living in, its always great to see positivity in life.
   
7. anonymous

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   Sep 18th 2021 !⃝

   I think that the Ocean Man is obviously a representation of childhood hopes and dreams. How beach evokes memories of childhood summertime and how everything was good back then. But then the water of the ocean got soaked up by the thirst of the land (reality), as it destroy everything that could have ever been good like childhood aspirations. Truly a deep and meaningful piece of intellectual media.
8. anonymous

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   Sep 18th 2021 !⃝

   Ocean is love. Ocean is life. This song is a beautiful interpretation of an oceanman. And the ocean. He sings about the ocean. Ocea-
9. anonymous

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   Nov 9th 2020 !⃝

   it is only the life of a fisherman his day to day, his trips to the ocean that in the end the ocean is any corner of the world, a man tanned by the sun, who for his hard work sweats and quenches the thirst of the land, who since little one has only known that life so it is not a job for him but what gives meaning to his life
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    Dec 31st 2019 !⃝

    Aquaman
11. anonymous

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    Apr 14th 2019 !⃝

    They write songs while they’re high... that’s all you really need to know.
12. anonymous

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    Apr 18th 2018 !⃝

    Take me by the hand means that he is drowning and that he needs help from the "Ocean Man" (actually a life guard) and that he is the Ocean Man. This work of art perfectly encapsulates the struggle of trying save yourself while drowning.So deep. here is my source http://sanger.dk/.
13. anonymous

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    Apr 8th 2018 !⃝

    It's is about how the artist ween embraces the ocean.
14. anonymous

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    Mar 16th 2018 !⃝

    Isn't it just about evolution?
15. anonymous

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    Jan 28th 2018 !⃝

    The tide is high
16. anonymous

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    Dec 28th 2017 !⃝

    It's not about the Ocean Man per se. It's about getting help from the Ocean Man.
17. anonymous

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    Dec 5th 2017 !⃝

    Ocean man might mean the ocean god and they are writing this song why they are on drugs.
18. anonymous

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    Dec 4th 2017 !⃝

    You guys know that they write their songs whilst they're high, right? I mean, it's most likely a fictional character that rides a surfboard, and is quote in quote, "Chill." I think it's nothing deep or personal, and it's perhaps just a man chilling, whilst riding his surfboard.