Shell's Melody

Washed up on the shoreline A fragile shell alone The tide that brought me here Has left me on my own Scratched and worn by waves That tossed me carelessly I'm just another fragment On this vast and endless beach But you found me where I lay Between the sand and foam You lifted me so gently Like you knew I was your own When you held me to your ear You heard what no one else could hear The song I've always sung But no one stopped to listen to The storms that shaped my edges The currents cold and deep Left me hollow, left me silent With secrets I would keep I thought my voice was lost Beneath the ocean's roar Just another broken treasure Abandoned on the shore But you found me where I lay Between the sand and foam You lifted me so gently Like you knew I was your own When you held me to your ear You heard what no one else could hear The song I've always sung But no one stopped to listen to Now I'm singing No longer just surviving In your hands I found my purpose In your eyes I see my worth The world inside me That I thought was just a whisper You showed me was an ocean You showed me was a universe You found me where I lay Between the sand and foam You lifted me so gently Like you knew I was your own When you held me to your ear You heard what no one else could hear The song I've always sung The song that led you right to me