Story Behind The Song
This was the first in a series of six Latin jazz tunes written by Alex Nakhimovsky and June Bisantz. Bisantz found the melody so captivating, she felt the lyrics wrote themselves. Ocean Dreams led her to urge Alex to keep writing in this vein. The result was Love's Tango, a CD of original Latin Jazz songs that won a Global Music Award for lyrics and songwriting in 2019.
Song Description
This song paints a seascape that reveals the thought process of someone conflicted about leaving and staying. The smooth bossa nova underlying the song makes it tranquil, but there is tenderness and longing in the lyrics.
| Song Length |
5:43 |
Genre |
Jazz - Bossa Nova, Latin - Jazz |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Cool |
Subject |
Long, Ocean, Sea |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Sailing away
An ocean of dreams keeps sweeping me to the sea
The waves and the sand the wave of your hand
is calling softly
to me
!
That we could be
Together on the moonlit sea We could be floating free Wrapped within a dream
Still I can't stay
I'm sailing away
Tossed on a sea of dreaming -----------------
The waves come and go
And somehow they know
that there may be no returning
No matter how far
Beyond every star
the question will still be burning
Can lovers survive
Outside of time
Sailing away upon an endless dreaming tide
Sailing away
An ocean of dreams Keeps sweeping me out
to the
dreaming sea
the endless dreaming sea do you still dream of me? Well I am dreaming
of you