Iron & Wine - In Your Ocean
Song of the Day
Minnesota Public Radio
4.5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Today’s Song of the Day is “In Your Ocean” from Iron & Wine’s album Hen's Teeth, out now.
Iron & Wine will be performing at Fitzgerald Theater on Friday, May 1.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I've been closing my eyes coming back to life, and I cry when my heart is only broken. |
| 0:17.0 | Prayin for dry ground, though I only want to drown when I find myself swimming in your ocean. |
| 0:28.6 | I've been fighting for light when the moon is full and bright. |
| 0:34.6 | You can laugh, but I take it as a token |
| 0:38.4 | praying for dry ground though I only want to drown |
| 0:45.9 | when I find myself swimming in your ocean |
| 0:50.8 | First it's where you're bending |
| 0:55.4 | Why you're in the way |
| 0:57.7 | Never what you want |
| 1:01.1 | How much you can take |
| 1:03.7 | Lonely wave toward the shore |
| 1:07.6 | Lonely Sparrow singing |
| 1:09.5 | For it's lonely world, this lonely world. |
| 1:15.6 | So I name what I lost, well, they're really lost or not. |
| 1:21.3 | I keep making for a door that doesn't open. |
| 1:29.3 | Praying for dry ground ground though I only want to drown |
| 1:32.3 | when I find myself |
| 1:34.3 | swimming in your ocean |
| 1:37.3 | Oh |
| 1:39.3 | Oh |
| 1:40.3 | Oh Oh First it's all you want |
| 1:53.0 | That you can take |
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