[Intro] (short, immediate) (Soft piano, distant waves) We thought it would stay… Like footprints that don’t wash away ⸻ [Verse 1] We had a table by the edge of the sea Laughin’ like time was a guarantee Salt in the air, nowhere to be Just you, just me, just memory We said we’d never be the ones that fade Swore we had more time than we gave Didn’t know those nights were numbered then Didn’t know how close we’d been ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] And the tide rolled in… didn’t make a sound Took everything we thought we’d keep around ⸻ [Chorus] (bigger, simpler, repeatable) Yeah the tide took it… washed it all away Every late night, every summer day Yeah the tide took it… we were young and wild But it made us who we are right now We didn’t know it while we lived it then How close we were to something heaven-sent Yeah it’s gone… yeah it slips through our hands But it made us who we are… yeah it made us who we are ⸻ [Verse 2] Different cities, different lives Same old ghosts in different nights Still got your number, don’t always call Still see your face in it all Maps don’t lead to where we were Can’t go back to who we were But every now and then it hits How real it was… how gone it is ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Yeah the tide don’t wait… it just pulls you out Turns “right now” into “not right now” ⸻ [Chorus] (lifted, more layered) Yeah the tide took it… washed it all away Every last call, every reckless day Yeah the tide took it… we were young and wild But it made us who we are right now We didn’t know it while we lived it then How close we were to something heaven-sent Yeah it’s gone… yeah it slips through our hands But it made us who we are… yeah it made us who we are ⸻ [Bridge] (viral emotional moment – stripped) (Piano only, intimate vocal) I swear… for a second there We had forever in our hands Didn’t feel it slipping… didn’t see it go Just watched it turn to sand ⸻ [Final Chorus] (big but still emotional, not overblown) Yeah the tide took it… yeah it had its way Took the nights we thought would never change Yeah the tide took it… but it left us this Every scar, every memory we miss We didn’t lose it… we just lived it fast And every moment still echoes back Yeah it’s gone… but I understand It made us who we are… yeah it made us who we are ⸻ [Outro] (quiet, haunting callback) (Waves return, minimal piano) Yeah the tide took it… But it made us who we are
