Spectral Tide (Remastered)

The tide pulls me before I can reach you, cold water lapping at my lungs, ghosts tangled in my hair. I see your face reflected in the waves, smiling, silent, and I know the tide knows my name. Every step forward, I sink deeper, every breath, a struggle against the pull. You are there, just beyond my fingers, and I taste salt and shadows on your lips. (Pre-Chorus – whispering, eerie) I thought love would lift me, but it drags me under, and the ghosts of what we were lap at my heels like hungry hands. (Chorus – raw, aching) Spectral tide, I am drowning in your light, your voice pulls me down, I am swallowed by the night. Spectral tide, I can’t escape your reflection, I am lost in your waves, and I ache for your direction. (Rap Verse – clipped, trap cadence) I hear the hum under the water, 808s thumping like heartbeats, my body moves, but it’s not enough. The ghosts of past loves cling to my skin, their whispers guiding me to you, and I can’t tell if it’s salvation or just another trap. Your hands feel like currents, pulling me in circles, your eyes are lighthouses I can’t reach. I gasp. I choke. I surrender. (Bridge – folk-inspired, raw texture) I scrape the floor of the ocean with my nails, the sand biting through my skin. Every shell, every stone, echoes your laugh, your anger, your absence. I call your name into the water, and it returns as a whisper, twisted and unkind. (Chorus – layered, visceral) Spectral tide, I am drowning in your light, your voice pulls me down, I am swallowed by the night. Spectral tide, I can’t escape your reflection, I am lost in your waves, and I ache for your direction. (Verse – intimate, haunting) I am a shadow swimming toward your fire, my lungs burning, my limbs heavy with salt. I want to touch you, to hold you, but the tide keeps me apart. And even if I vanish, your reflection will haunt me, your spectral tide will pull me back again and again. (Outro – whispering, fading) I am under. I am lost. I am yours. The tide knows my name, and I am powerless.