[waves crashing] [Intro] [soft acoustic guitar] [distant waves] [creaking dock wood] [warm intimate vocal] [Verse 1] I was always half a step behind Every room, every conversation People laughed and I laughed too But somehow missed the invitation I'd tell a story Watch it fall Like a bird with nowhere left to go I never knew what everybody knew [Build] [light percussion enters] [guitar begins to open] So I found an old boat Down by the harbor wall Spent all summer patching holes Never thought she'd sail at all Every board had a history Every scar had a place And somehow fixing her Felt easier than fixing me [Pre-Chorus] [instruments pull back] [harbor ambience returns] The night I left I stood there awhile One hand on the rope One hand on the rail Thought about knocking on a few old doors Thought about names I hadn't said in years I almost turned back I almost stayed I almost called somebody Just to hear them say my name But the windows stayed dark And the streets stayed still And I couldn't shake the feeling If they don't see me when I'm standing right here Why would they watch me disappear? [pause] So I untied the boat And let the harbor drift away [Chorus] [full band opens] [wide emotional harmonies] And the sea forgot my name Somewhere out beyond the rain Past the towns and harbor lights Past the need to get things right The farther that I drifted The lighter I became Until even I forgot The man who sailed away [Verse 2] The first few weeks were empty skies Empty hands and empty nights I talked to gulls I talked to waves I talked to ghosts I couldn't place Days blurred together Like pages in the wind And somewhere in the silence I stopped trying to fit in Then one night The dark looked different Like somebody left a door half open [Build] [electric guitar shimmer] [layered harmonies rise] And I swear the stars hung lower Than they ever had before Like they were listening [Chorus] And the sea forgot my name Somewhere out beyond the rain Past the towns and harbor lights Past the need to get things right The farther that I drifted The lighter I became Until even I forgot The man who sailed away [Bridge] [instruments fall away] [distant choir] [echoing vocal layers] Maybe I was never lost Maybe I was found Maybe all the things I thought were broken Were just trying to leave the ground Maybe there's a place beyond the edge Where lonely things belong A place where nobody asks you Why you've felt different all along [Final Chorus] [huge emotional release] [soaring guitars] [layered harmonies] And the sea forgot my name And I let it fade away All the words that never landed All the parts that couldn't stay Now the wind knows who I am And the stars don't ask me why I'm just another soul Passing through the tide And somewhere past the maps Past the reach of yesterday I found a world that never asked me To be any other way [Outro] [instruments slowly dissolve] [ocean ambience returns] The shore is gone now... The shore is gone now... And for the first time... I think that's alright... [distant waves] [fading guitar harmonics]
