TITLE: “WHEN THE TIDE COMES BACK”[VERSE 1] Footsteps heavy in the dead of night Cold breath drifting in the silver light No prayer rising, no warning call Just the quiet before it takes it all Shadows don’t move… but something does Low in the ground like a distant buzz You feel it first in your chest, not your skin Like the world just leaned in again [PRE-CHORUS] She don’t chase… she don’t run Don’t raise hell… don’t fire a gun She just stands… lets it bend Like the story already reached its end [CHORUS] When the tide comes back… it don’t rush in It don’t roar loud… it don’t warn sin It just takes hold… slow and wide And there ain’t no place left to hide When the tide comes back… you’ll understand It ain’t the wave… it’s the hand That let it loose… then stepped aside When the tide… comes back alive [VERSE 2] Eyes like glass in the pale moon glow Black and white where the cold winds blow No chains rattling, no battle cry Just the weight of a watching sky Steel don’t shine till it needs to cut Voice don’t rise… it just stays shut Every step like a hammer drop Every second… the world might stop [PRE-CHORUS] She don’t break… she don’t plead Don’t spill blood just to plant a seed She decides… then it’s done Like the dark just swallowed the sun [CHORUS] When the tide comes back… it don’t rush in It don’t roar loud… it don’t warn sin It just takes hold… slow and wide And there ain’t no place left to hide When the tide comes back… you’ll understand It ain’t the wave… it’s the hand That let it loose… then stepped aside When the tide… comes back alive [BRIDGE — LOW / SPOKEN / STRIPPED] (Quiet, near-whisper, deep tone) She don’t call it… Till it’s already there… (beat) “Arise.” [FINAL CHORUS — HEAVIER DROP] When the tide comes back… it don’t forgive Don’t ask why… don’t ask who lives It just closes in… deep and wide And leaves nothing left behind When the tide comes back… you’ll understand It ain’t the wave… it’s the hand That chose the end… then stepped aside When the tide… comes back alive [OUTRO] Footsteps fading in the silver night Cold wind swallowing up the light No sound left… no warning cry Just the dark… where the echoes lie
