I Am the Sea, At Last | Matisse’s Pigeons, Gauguin’s Boat

[Intro – Harp + Ocean Wind SFX] [Harp drips like saltwater onto stones. A cello breathes beneath.] [Verse 1 – Soft sung, near-whisper] To let this self live— the other one must die. Tonight… Tonight… Will there be one more soul who only reads my lyrics, but never dares to play the song? [Bridge – Spoken over harp glissando] Will I stop right here, right now— on the edge of madness— and turn toward stillness? [Verse 2 – Sung] Matisse’s pigeons fly across my July sky— no echoes, no need. I no longer wait to be heard. I listen from within… from within. [Instrumental Interlude – Gauguin’s boat motif (cello & harp arpeggios) [Waves swirl. The boat rocks. Shadow dances between beauty and ache.] [Verse 3 – Sung, almost childlike] Gauguin’s boat has traveled turbulent waters— Tahiti dreams, between the beautiful and the bruised, the truth dances in shadow. Snowflake… Butterfly… Snowflake… Butterfly… [Verse 4 – Spoken + Sung] I no longer write for you. I no longer kneel in your garden. I no longer chase your fading tune. [Chorus – Sung, expansive and free] I walk alone in the wind. I speak to the clouds. I dance with the waves. I am a mermaid. I am a mermaid. And I sing for the sea. [Outro – Soft Sung, Whispered over soft ocean SFX + harp fading] Not for you. Not for memory. Just for the rhythm of my breath, and the tides inside me. [Fade out -instrumental] [End]