Verse 1 The tide went out that morning Just like it always did The boat slipped over the line where water meets sky Small and steady Carrying everything you knew You stood and watched until it was only a thin dark line And then nothing Verse 2 Hours turned to longer hours The sea kept moving The light began to fade Other ships came back Sails down Engines humming home But not the one you looked for No shape on the water No sound cutting through the wind Only empty blue stretching forever Chorus The boat did not come back The sea did not give anything back No explanation No final word Just the silence where it should have been Just the empty space between the waves That never fills again Verse 3 They said storms can come without warning They said currents pull where you cannot see They said things vanish That is the nature of the deep But you know the water remembers It holds what it takes It does not return what it has claimed You stand there still Long after everyone else has gone inside Looking out at the dark Bridge You keep the space ready Supper set Light left burning Just in case Even though you know The tide does not turn backwards What goes out does not always follow The way home Somewhere far beyond the horizon It is floating still Silent No one at the wheel No one to bring it back Verse 4 Years pass and the water looks the same People stop asking Stop looking when you stare too long But you can see it still Clear as day Slipping over the edge Leaving you here With only the memory of how it looked And the quiet endless question Why Outro The sea keeps its secrets Deep and cold The boat did not come back And it will not The waves just keep coming And going And coming And going
