Hate the Shore

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[Verse 1]

I never whispered from the rocks
Never combed my hair beneath the moon
Never promised you a lover
Never sang of dying young and beautiful

I only slipped between your thoughts
Where the quiet ones are kept
And moved the furniture around
Inside the rooms where you once slept

Now your mother's voice sounds distant
Your lover's hands feel strange
Every road you've ever taken
Feels like somebody else's name

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't look for me
I'm not out there
I'm underneath
What's disappearing

[Chorus]

I never called you to the water
I only taught you to hate the shore
Made every room a little smaller
Made every lock look like a door

I never begged you to surrender
Never said what you were searching for

I just made the sea feel familiar

Until you couldn't live
On land anymore

[Verse 2]

First you stopped closing the curtains
Then you started sleeping dressed
Kept your shoes beside the doorway
With a pressure in your chest

You couldn't say what you were missing
Couldn't name what you had lost
Only knew the tide was changing
And you'd follow at any cost

They'll swear that I bewitched you
They always need a thing to blame

But I never gave the order

I only made you forget
Why you stayed

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't look for me
I'm not out there
That isn't singing

That's remembering

[Chorus]

I never called you to the water
I only taught you to hate the shore
Made every room a little smaller
Made every lock look like a door

I never begged you to surrender
Never said what you were searching for

I just made the sea feel familiar

Until you couldn't live
On land anymore

[Bridge — quiet / almost spoken]

Your bed will feel like borrowed sheets
Your walls will lean too close
Your photographs will look like proof
Of someone you don't know

And when they ask you where you're going
You'll have no answer for them

Because how do you explain

You're homesick

For somewhere

You've never been?

[Instrumental Drop]

[Final Chorus — enormous]

I NEVER CALLED YOU TO THE WATER
YOU CAME WHEN LAND BECAME A CAGE
I NEVER DRAGGED YOU UNDER
YOU WALKED IN
WIDE AWAKE

Let them curse me from the shoreline
Let them swear I stole your soul

You weren't following my voice

You were following
The only place

That still felt whole

[Outro — whispered]

One step.

Then another.

See?

I never called you.

I only taught you
to hate the shore.

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[Verse 1] I never whispered from the rocks Never combed my hair beneath the moon Never promised you a lover Never sang of dying young and beautiful I only slipped between your thoughts Where the quiet ones are kept And moved the furniture around Inside the rooms where you once slept Now your mother's voice sounds distant Your lover's hands feel strange Every road you've ever taken Feels like somebody else's name [Pre-Chorus] Don't look for me I'm not out there I'm underneath What's disappearing [Chorus] I never called you to the water I only taught you to hate the shore Made every room a little smaller Made every lock look like a door I never begged you to surrender Never said what you were searching for I just made the sea feel familiar Until you couldn't live On land anymore [Verse 2] First you stopped closing the curtains Then you started sleeping dressed Kept your shoes beside the doorway With a pressure in your chest You couldn't say what you were missing Couldn't name what you had lost Only knew the tide was changing And you'd follow at any cost They'll swear that I bewitched you They always need a thing to blame But I never gave the order I only made you forget Why you stayed [Pre-Chorus] Don't look for me I'm not out there That isn't singing That's remembering [Chorus] I never called you to the water I only taught you to hate the shore Made every room a little smaller Made every lock look like a door I never begged you to surrender Never said what you were searching for I just made the sea feel familiar Until you couldn't live On land anymore [Bridge — quiet / almost spoken] Your bed will feel like borrowed sheets Your walls will lean too close Your photographs will look like proof Of someone you don't know And when they ask you where you're going You'll have no answer for them Because how do you explain You're homesick For somewhere You've never been? [Instrumental Drop] [Final Chorus — enormous] I NEVER CALLED YOU TO THE WATER YOU CAME WHEN LAND BECAME A CAGE I NEVER DRAGGED YOU UNDER YOU WALKED IN WIDE AWAKE Let them curse me from the shoreline Let them swear I stole your soul You weren't following my voice You were following The only place That still felt whole [Outro — whispered] One step. Then another. See? I never called you. I only taught you to hate the shore.

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