[Intro] [Mood: Ominous, Yearning] [Instrument: Solo Cello, Distant Waves] [Vocal Style: Haunted Whisper] [Verse 1] [Energy: Low, Building] [Instrument: Fingerpicked Guitar, Bodhrán Pulse] [Texture: Sparse, Atmospheric] She danced on rocks beneath the moon Forgot what salt could do A man's shadow crossed the shore Took what wasn't his to lose Years bled into captive days Children at her breast But every night the window called The ocean knew no rest [Pre-Chorus] [Mood: Rising Tension] [Vocal Effect: Layered, Desperate] Small hands found the hidden thing Gray and soft and old The curse broke like a rotted rope— [Chorus] [Energy: High] [Instrument: Electric Guitar, Crash Cymbals, Full Drums] [Vocal Style: Raw Belt, Defiant] I feel the skin (I feel the skin) Salt in my veins (salt in my veins) Won't beg forgiveness (won't beg forgiveness) For breaking chains (for breaking chains) The ocean rises (the ocean rises) She takes me back (she takes me back) Not wife, not prisoner (not wife, not prisoner) I shed the shackle (I shed the shackle) [Verse 2] [Energy: Medium] [Instrument: Distorted Bass, Atmospheric Synth] [Texture: Building Darkness] Their faces blur behind the glass Those half-blood hearts I bore My daughter's eyes—his eyes—accuse But I was hers before He called it love, that theft of skin That prison made of vows The land demands you shrink and serve The sea remembers how [Pre-Chorus] [Mood: Fierce Determination] [Vocal Effect: Gritty, Doubled] Small hands gave back what he had stolen Now the choice is mine Watch me disappear in foam and brine— [Chorus] [Energy: High] [Instrument: Full Band, Driving] [Vocal Style: Powerful, Liberated] I feel the skin (I feel the skin) Salt in my veins (salt in my veins) Won't beg forgiveness (won't beg forgiveness) For breaking chains (for breaking chains) The ocean rises (the ocean rises) She takes me back (she takes me back) Not wife, not prisoner (not wife, not prisoner) I shed the shackle (I shed the shackle) [Bridge] [Energy: Low→High Arc] [Instrument: Voice and Minimal Piano, Building to Full Orchestra] [Vocal Style: Vulnerable to Triumphant] [Mood: Bittersweet Liberation] They'll tell stories at the fire About the mother who became the wave They'll say I was cruel, they'll say I was wild They'll never understand what I gave But I was seal before I was woman Before I was shackled to shore You can't tame salt, you can't cage the current— I was always something more [Final Chorus] [Energy: Maximum] [Instrument: Full Band with Celtic Strings, Soaring] [Vocal Style: Full Belt, Ecstatic Freedom] I feel the skin! (I feel the skin!) Salt in my veins! (salt in my veins!) Won't beg forgiveness! (won't beg forgiveness!) For breaking chains! (for breaking chains!) The ocean rises! (the ocean rises!) She takes me back! (she takes me back!) Not wife, not prisoner! (not wife, not prisoner!) I shed the shackle! (I shed the shackle!) [Outro - Fade] [Energy: High, Hypnotic] [Instrument: Drums and Bass Loop, Echo Effect] [Vocal Style: Primal Chant, Layered] [Texture: Repetitive, Trance-like] Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep Gray skin, cold tide, swimming through the deep I’ll curse your name, that’s a promise I keep [End]
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