HERO’S JOURNEY XIII - ACROSS THE SEA

[Intro – gentle motion, distant horizon] Across the distance… I can still feel you… [Verse 1] There’s an ocean stretched between us More than water, more than space Every mile holds a silence I still feel but can’t replace Different skies above our heads Different nights, different days But something moves beneath it all Like it never went away [Laura – soft, moving through space] I feel you too… [Verse 2] We found a way without a pathway Found a line we couldn’t see Through the distance, through the silence Something stayed connecting me Not in touch and not in presence Not in anything we planned But in something still unbroken We don’t need to understand [Pre-Chorus] No map drawn and no design Still your world is touching mine [Chorus] Across the sea, across the time Still your life is next to mine Every mile, every shore Doesn’t change what this is for We don’t need to close the space To know this isn’t out of place If it’s real it will remain Through the distance, through the flame [Laura – clearer, closer than distance suggests] We’re still one line… [Verse 3] There were moments felt like crossing Like I almost reached your side But something held the edge between us Like the tide would always rise Not enough to break the current Not enough to pull apart Just enough to keep the distance While it strengthened what we are [Bridge – rising, flowing motion] Call it distance, call it time Call it something undefined But it never cut the thread It just stretched it out instead And the further that it goes The more the truth begins to show If it holds through all of this Then it’s something that exists [Chorus – fuller, more expansive] Across the sea, across the years Through the silence, through the fears Every step and every wait Only proves it doesn’t break We don’t need to force the end We don’t need to comprehend If it’s real it will remain Through the distance, through the flame [Outro – horizon, open] Still across… [Laura – close, certain] Still connected…