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I Do Not Believe In The Ocean (Song #355)

October 30, 2023 · 2019 Music Videos, A Life In Song, Life In Song 2000's, Love Songs, Videos

I wrote “I Do Not Believe In The Ocean,” (Life In Song #355) on 8/29/2006 after my 2nd marriage broke up and I was attempting to date… the song is incredibly sad but it ends with HOPE.

So stick with it to the end. Sometimes sad songs are powerfully healing. We ALL struggle with this Love thing. And every year the dating thing seems to get harder and harder for all the single folks out there. My advice is to hang in there and keep working on your “stuff” around love and relationships. Find a community of people who value self improvement and self reflection. I truly beleive there is hope. but the only way out is THROUGH.

work on YOU. work on healing YOU so that whether someone else is the “one” is less important than the process of healing and growing that relationships “force” us to do.

Just after I released this song back in 2019, I met Ursula on the street in Albany NY and we went for a canoe paddle. We got back together after a year apart and we have continued to work on and deepen our relating and communicating skills since then.

Feel the feelings but don’t get stuck in them. We can not heal what we can not feel. But at the same time we HAVE to work on the healing part. Don’t be afraid of the work. It’s worth doing. ok?

– Mark

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Lyrics:
I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE OCEAN
Life In Song #355 | 8/29/2006 | recorded 9/18/2019

I do not believe in the ocean
I do not believe in the sky
I do not believe in the mountains
And I do not believe in love’s lie

Refrain:
And I tore myself to pieces
On the last woman I loved
I tore myself to pieces
And that should have been lesson enough

But the Siren sound of her voice
Punctures my soul like a dart
So lash me to the mast boys
Ere again I lose my heart

Refrain:

Every time I approach it
It seems to get farther away
Ever time I approach it
It takes more than I’ve got left to pay

Refrain:

Look at yourself in the mirror
Someday you are destined to die
If you looked at your life any clearer
You might dare to believe in love’s “Lie”

Refrain:

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Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

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Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

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Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

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Merril

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Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

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You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

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I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

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Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

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