[Intro] Moon on the water, black as bone Waves whisper secrets no man should know A song in the dark calls soft and sweet Come closer, sailor — sink to me [Verse] Your lantern flickers against the tide But I see you clearer than the sky sees light Your heartbeat thunders like a war drum's cry A feast to the deep, too warm to deny The ocean never hungers alone She sends me to bring you home [Chorus] Come down, come down, to the reef of teeth The waves will cradle you underneath Your name will vanish with the tide But your warmth will stay with me tonight [Verse] I’ve waited in waters that never sleep Where bones make gardens the sailors keep Your voice trembles like a fragile mast Breaks so easily when the wind howls past Do not fear the closing deep I only take what cannot keep [Bridge] Hear the fiddle’s mournful cry Salt and blood in lullaby Pan flute sighs like autumn air Soft as fingers in your hair Call my name, it echoes true In the undertow calling you Step from deck to endless blue Let the ocean finish you [Chorus] Come down, come down, to the reef of teeth The waves will cradle you underneath Your name will vanish with the tide But your warmth will stay with me tonight [Instrumental Break] (fiddle-driven waltz over rolling drums, pan flute weaving serpentine melodies) [Verse] Your body stills in the gentle sway But your heart’s heat does not fade away I keep it burning beneath the foam A lantern light I call my own [Outro] So sing no hymns and cast no stone For sailors lost are never alone Their bones are beads in the ocean’s veil Their names are wind in the siren's tale The tide will wash the grief you keep But never the secrets sunk too deep The sea remembers every meal And I remember every feel
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