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Released 3/30/2021.
Duration: 4:56.

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Tracks that Oceanic Flight references:

• Oceanic Flight by Circlejourney

Tracks that reference Oceanic Flight:

From Beyond:

• Oceanic Flight (Instrumental) by Circlejourney

Lyrics:

For years and years I yearned for the sea
I felt the world was turning around me
Through cracks and tears I peered at its glory
And dreamed, and cried, free me! Free me! Free me!

For years and years I yearned to be free
I knew the world was changing beyond me
And I was disappearing, if only
Someone would just hear me! Hear me! Hear me!

[Distorted vocal]

For years and years, I drowned in the sea
I felt the waters turning upon me
She thrashed, I steered, we tangled and slowly
Our colours ran, mixing permanently

In tears, in fears, I drowned her and she
Became my world, my life and my story
And I was disappearing, if only
Someone would just, hear me, hear me, hear me

For years and years I yearned for the sea
I felt the world was turning around me
Through cracks and tears I peered at its glory
And dreamed, and cried, free me, free me, free me

For years and years I yearned to be free
I knew the world was changing beyond me
And I was disappearing, if only
Someone would just hear me, hear me, hear me

For years and years I drowned in the sea
Till you reached out and dragged me to safety
Beyond the stars, their light burning softly
When will someone hear me, hear me, hear me

For years and years I yearned to be free
I will not let her hate take it from me
I live, and I refuse to be sorry
And no one can take me, make me, break me

Artist commentary:

Circlejourney: (booklet commentary)

Am I infringing on copyright by saying that this song was inspired by Steven Universe?

To be very vague, it’s a story-song about someone who spent most of her centuries-long life trapped against her will, and then in a damning duty she took upon herself to protect her newfound friends.

There’s a sense of...optimism? and desperation? mingled here that culminates in the cries of “free me” and “hear me”.

This was, hands down, one of the hardest songs I’ve ever produced, taking almost a year of fiddling, and then more ahead of this release. Little wonder: it’s the biggest track on this album too, in terms of instruments and length.