Last Seat in the Blue

[Intro] Waves hit the hull like they meant it… I woke up on the deck already sliding… [Verse 1] Kids screaming for their mama, hands slipping on the rail / Captain at the wheel yelling “hold on, we ain’t gonna fail” / Crew throwing life vests like they could cheat the sea / But the water didn’t ask—it just took what it pleased / I reached for the little girl, fingers brushed her coat / Wave slammed me sideways, ripped her right out of hope / Her daddy’s eyes met mine for half a second flat / Then the deck went vertical… and that was that / Her tiny red shoe still clenched tight in my fist. [Pre-Chorus] Salt in my throat, salt in my eyes / Salt in the blood on my hands / The sea don’t care who you loved / Or the life you had planned. [Chorus] Last seat in the blue / Saving a place for the ghosts I couldn’t save / Out where the seagulls talk / I keep a promise in the open blue / If you ever run out of somewhere to be / There’s a seat in the storm / Right next to me. [Verse 2] Washed up on the rock like the tide spit me out / Ship still burning, going under slow and loud / I climbed in this chair like it was waiting just for me / Velvet soaked through, a faded “Eleanor” stitched in gold / Family on the bow, arms wrapped tight like they could hold back the sea / Captain never left the wheel, knuckles white on the spokes till the end / I watched the whole thing sink while the sun kept shining bright / Ocean took the noise, left me with the quiet light. [Pre-Chorus] Tide came in like regret, pulling everything it could claim / I reached out once, twice… / But the water took their names. [Chorus] Last seat in the blue / Saving a place for the ghosts I couldn’t save / Out where the seagulls talk / I keep a promise in the open blue / If you ever run out of somewhere to be / There’s a seat in the storm / Right next to me. [Bridge] They fought until the end… / Kids still holding hands when the deck went under… / Captain never left the wheel… / I just sat here and watched the whole world go quiet. [Final Chorus] Last seat in the blue / Saving a place for every soul that the water took / Out where the seagulls talk / I keep their promise in the open blue / If you ever run out of somewhere to be / There’s a seat in the storm / Right next to me… / Right next to me. [Outro] One chair. / On a rock. / Waiting for whoever comes next.