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"The Ocean" is a track from Led Zeppelin's 1973 album Houses of the Holy. According to the band's biographer, the song uses the ocean as a symbolic representation of the large crowds of spectators that lead vocalist Robert Plant encountered during live performances in concert halls.

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The ocean serves as a metaphor for the "sea of heads" that the lead singer faced in auditoriums.