Life's an ocean 

And too much commotion

And too much emotion 

Dragging me down



Living for today

Don't have time to pray

Ready for the game

Take a line of fickle flame



Imagine the future

Wake up with a scream

I was buying some feelings 

From a vending machine



Say that I will see

Something more than I have

There's something inside of me

Crying out for something else

And if someone hears this scream

Put it in a letter to me



Slippery slidey road, down

Slippery slidey road, down

Slippery slidey road, down

Slippery slidey road, down



Life's an ocean 

And too much commotion

Not enough emotion 

To satisfy me



Slippery slidey road, down

It's a slippery slidey road down

Hold my hand and we'll walk down

Dry those eyes and we'll walk down



Slippery slidey road, down

Slippery slidey road, down



Life's an ocean

Life's an ocean

Too much commotion 

And too much emotion

Too much emotion, too much emotion

Too much emotion, too much emotion

Too much emotion, too much emotion





[credits]

Percussion: Peter Salisbury and Richard Ashcroft

Guitars: Nick McCabe

Vocals: Richard Ashcroft

Bass: Simon Jones

Drums: Peter Salisbury

All tracks written by The Verve

All tracks produced by Owen Morris and The Verve

Studio Assistant Mark Lee

Mastered by Jack Adams at The Townhouse

All songs published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd