Cigarettes & Coconut Water
[Intro] (waves, glass clink, distant bass from a beach club) Your bikini drying on the balcony rail Palm leaves moving like slow-motion film Heat rising off the pavement Somewhere downstairs somebody’s falling in love again ⸻ [Verse 1] You taste like cigarettes and coconut water Your sunglasses hiding trouble in your eyes There’s a DJ playing heartbreak in the corner But somehow tonight it sounds alright Taxi boats cutting through the dark blue harbor Gold chains glowing underneath the bar light You said, “Baby, don’t ruin this with feelings” So I laughed and ordered us another lime ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Now the air feels cinematic Skin sticking in the midnight heat Your hand wrapped around my necklace Like you’re trying not to leave ⸻ [Chorus] And the ocean keeps breathing Like it knows something we don’t Everybody here’s pretending They ain’t lonely when they go home So dance with me slowly Like tomorrow got canceled tonight Your perfume, saltwater and danger Yeah, that’s the song of the summer this time ⸻ [Post-Chorus Hook] Ooh-ahh Don’t fall in love on an island Ooh-ahh It never survives the flight back home ⸻ [Verse 2] Wet footprints leading through the hotel lobby Your dress hanging loose off one side There’s a storm somewhere over the water Lightning flickering silver in your smile You tell me your real name at sunrise Like confessing to a small crime And suddenly the whole damn coastline Feels too beautiful to survive ⸻ [Build] No phones No shoes No conversation left to lose Just bodies glowing in blue neon While the tide keeps pulling us on ⸻ [Chorus] And the ocean keeps breathing Like it knows something we don’t Everybody here’s pretending They ain’t lonely when they go home So dance with me slowly Like tomorrow got canceled tonight Your perfume, saltwater and danger Yeah, that’s the song of the summer this time ⸻ [Bridge / Breakdown] (minimal beat, intimate vocal) Maybe we’re too drunk to mean it Maybe this was never real But your lipstick on my cold glass Feels more honest than I feel And somewhere behind the speakers The waves still crash the same Like they’ve seen a thousand summers And forgotten every name ⸻ [Final Chorus] The ocean keeps breathing And we disappear into sound Bare skin, cheap liquor, fake gold While the whole beach spins around Dance with me slowly Till the sky turns lavender blue If this all burns down by morning At least tonight was beautiful ⸻ [Outro] (waves, vinyl crackle, distant laughter fading) Ooh-ahh Don’t fall in love on an island Ooh-ahh But maybe just tonight we do
