The Water Knows Your Name

Intro [Thunder] [Radio Static] [Waves Against Hull] VOICE: “Roll call…” [Static Burst] “If the water says your name…” [Pause] “…don’t answer.” ⸻ Hook Water knows your name… Water knows your name… Keep your mouth shut tight Or you’ll be walking waves tonight Whole crew froze when the shoreline came ’Cause the water knows your name Water knows your name… Water knows your name… One wrong word and the dark tide claims Every secret thrown away ’Cause the water knows your name ⸻ Verse 1 Fog rolled thick like a funeral veil Moon hung crooked and the compass failed Deck went quiet, nobody spoke Even the old ropes quit their jokes Then came a whisper under the keel Soft as a secret nobody feels First mate turned when he heard it rise Like the sea was talkin’ from the other side Nobody moved but the air got cold Every wave carried a voice from below Sounded familiar, close enough to know Close enough nobody wanted to go ⸻ Hook Water knows your name… Water knows your name… Don’t say nothin’ back Don’t play that game Whole crew froze when the shoreline came ’Cause the water knows your name ⸻ Verse 2 Mothers calling through the tide Wives from long-forgotten lives Promises left in distant ports Debts nobody could afford Old regrets drifted up from the deep Things folks bury and swear they’ll keep Every man heard something different there Something he thought had vanished in the air One stepped forward, leaned too close Listening hard through the midnight coast Captain barked, “Boy, leave it alone!” The water smiled and called him home ⸻ Pre-Chorus No wind blowin’ No gulls cried Only dark water on either side Black sea waiting Still as a grave Listening close for a fool to say— ⸻ Hook Water knows your name… Water knows your name… Don’t say nothin’ back Don’t play that game Whole crew froze when the shoreline came ’Cause the water knows your name Water knows your name… Water knows your name… One wrong word and the dark tide claims Every secret thrown away ’Cause the water knows your name ⸻ Bridge [Radio Static] [Water Dripping] VOICE: “It knows what they called you…” [Static] “…before the storms.” [Static Crackle] “Every name ever whispered…” [Long Static] “…still belongs to the water.” [Thunder] ⸻ Final Verse Sun came up but the fog stayed thick Something felt wrong and nobody missed it One pair of boots sat by the rail No sign of the sailor, no broken sail No splash heard No warning cry Just one less shadow walking by Captain stared where the dark sea swayed Like he knew exactly what the water paid The ocean keeps what the ocean takes Remembers every promise people break And adds another voice beneath the wave It’s still learning names… Maybe yours too ⸻ Final Hook Water knows your name… Don’t say nothin’ back Don’t play that game Whole crew froze when the shoreline came ’Cause the water knows your name Water knows your name… The sea forgets nothin’ The sea don’t change Every name ever whispered remains ’Cause the water knows your name ⸻ Outro [Thunder Fading] [Radio Static] VOICE: “The sea forgets nothing.” [Long Static] [Silence]