[Instrumental Intro] [ney wind, soft tabl drum heartbeat like oars, low qanun drone] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] [buzuq soft, low qanun arpeggio] [intimate female vocal, no drums] The rope is loose, we're leaving now The water's cold and slow Cedar smoke still fills the morning I watch until you fade My hands still smell of purple dye His ash against my heart I never knew the open sea Would close the road back home [Pre-Chorus] [buzuq low, qanun building] [soft tabl drum enters] No one speaks, we just keep rowing Every wave steals something more Every breath grows a little heavier Than the one before [Chorus] [buzuq and ney only, sparse] [open vocal] Between the coast and the horizon Your walls become a line of light I keep watching while you're fading This is my last goodbye [Verse 2] [buzuq soft, low qanun] The harbor knows our voices still But I won't hear them anymore The wind still carries cedar smoke Back toward the silent shore I could not leave him there alone So he still sails with me Wrapped in purple, close to my heart That's all that's left to keep [Pre-Chorus 2] [qanun tremolo, full band enters, slow heavy drums] My chest is tight, I cannot breathe The shoreline slips away One last look before I choose To let you fade [Bridge] [full band heavy, distorted guitars enter, buzuq darker] [voice breaking] Stone by stone you disappear Morning takes your light I will carry you inside me When you're gone from sight [Guitar Solo] [prominent electric guitar solo, full band, mournful slow bends based on buzuq motif, 8 bars] [low qanun and tabl drum hold] [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] [full band heavy, buzuq lead, ney high] Between the coast and the horizon Your walls became a line of light I let you go into the morning And turned away this time Between the coast and the horizon Home became a memory [Outro] [ney and buzuq only] [whisper] Your walls became... a line of light... [End]
