/// *** /// [IS_MAX_MODE] [Intro: nylon guitar flourish, breathy wordless vocal, glass pad] [Verse 1: close intimate vocal, sparse breakbeat, nylon guitar] You hold your hands out like a vessel Asking me to pour my shape But I was never made of water I was made of what the water takes [Pre-Chorus: harmonies stack, strings rise, melismatic runs] You say you want to be the weather Wear my storm like borrowed skin But a mirror isn't a doorway And you can't swim your way in [Chorus: soaring head-voice belt, full breakbeat, wide stereo, big singalong] Don't turn into me, love me from the shore Salt on the tongue is a warning, not a door Drink all you want and you'll only thirst for more I'm the sea, not the cup, love me from the shore [Post-Chorus: fluttering wordless vocal, once] Ah-ah, from the shore [Verse 2: bass returns, lead vocal doubled] You collect my edges like seashells Press them to your ear to hear A whole horizon in a whisper Swearing that the sea is here [Pre-Chorus: stronger build, strings climb] You carve my name into the harbor Watch the tide erase the line Every wave a gentle answer You keep asking for a sign [Chorus: bigger, extra octave harmony] Don't turn into me, love me from the shore Salt on the tongue is a warning, not a door Drink all you want and you'll only thirst for more I'm the sea, not the cup, love me from the shore [Bridge: drums drop out, nylon guitar and bare vocal, slow build] Learn to stand beside what you love Let it come, let it leave Be the shore Be the shore [Breakdown: single bell tone, held breath, riser] [Final Chorus: key lift +1 semitone, full band, layered harmonies, whistle-tone ad-libs] Don't turn into me, turn into the shore Be the one who stays so I can come back for more Tide in, tide out, that's what the ocean is for I'm the sea, you're the land, we are Love me from the shore [Outro: guitar fades, wave texture, one last breathy "shore"] [End]
