[Verse 1] A frozen mercury tongue presses against the glass You speak in copper plate, watching the seasons pass I am the architecture of an abandoned, rotting pier Waiting for the high tide to wash away the year The gears of our alignment have ground themselves to dust We are two statues painted in a beautiful, bright rust You look toward the mainland with a cold, domestic stare While I am breathing salt from the electric, open air [Chorus] [Harmony: High 3rd soaring counter-melody with lush, wide-stereo plate reverb] The sun sets in the west for you, Rises in the east - for me. [Harmony: Double-tracked octave below with warm, retro delay] I'm part of the horizon ...... of a sky so (so) blue, I'm a cutter lost at sea. [Verse 2] The salt-crust on my collar is a map of where we failed Underneath a heavy dome where only ghosts have sailed You wear your distance like a heavy winter coat While I am just the splinters of a capsized wooden boat There is no malice in the way you turn your face aside Just the quiet gravity of an indifferent tide We are two different latitudes, divided by the line You crave the safety of the shore, but the deep abyss is mine [Chorus] [Harmony: High 3rd soaring counter-melody with lush, wide-stereo plate reverb] The sun sets in the west for you, Rises in the east - for me. [Harmony: Double-tracked octave below with warm, retro delay] I'm part of the horizon ...... of a sky so (so) blue, I'm a cutter lost at sea. [Bridge] And the current pulls us under, but the light is beautiful A kaleidoscope of silver in a skull so dutiful Do you feel the pressure change? Do you feel the sudden, sweeping range? We are drowning in the clarity of what we cannot save [Instrumental Solo: Violin / String Swell] [Arrangement: A soaring, neoclassical violin section rises from the darkwave bassline, layering lush, crying string swells over a chimey, chorus-drenched 12-string guitar riff. The tempo drives forward as synthesizer pads expand into a wide, euphoric, and melancholic stereo field, building intense emotional tension before dropping into the final chorus.] [Chorus] [Harmony: High 3rd soaring counter-melody with lush, wide-stereo plate reverb] The sun sets in the west for you, Rises in the east - for me. [Harmony: Double-tracked octave below with warm, retro delay] Rhyme Scheme: A B I'm part of the horizon ...... of a sky so (so) blue, I'm a cutter lost at sea.
