Intro: E
verse 1
E
No taller than my knee
E E
when you challenge, your first ocean.
E
Ankle deep
E E
you strain your body, against my tight grip
A
throw head to sky
A
capture the ocean’s roar
C
into the cave of your mouth
Eb Bb A
Even when the waves spill into you
B
Watching you, I question
A
do you remember your first ocean?
B
Watching you, I question
B
do you remember your first ocean?
verse 2
E
fill you with your first taste of salt
E
you do not bend from the task
E
of challenging your first ocean.
A
Today you turn your back to the same tide
A
stretch and yawn, open wide
C
that same cave that had taken
Eb
in some primal catch
Bb A
to tell me you haven’t eaten yet.
B
Watching you, I question
A
do you remember your first ocean?
B
Watching you, I question
B
do you remember your first ocean?