[Title: Tidewater] [Intro – very quiet, solo piano, soft rain-like texture, no drums] [Verse 1 – very soft, fragile clean vocals, piano only] You taught me how to cast a line Off the end of the harbor pier Said the tide always comes back in Then you left in the spring that year [Instrumental – quiet, piano continues, a single clean guitar with delay enters softly] [Verse 2 – soft clean vocals, piano and clean guitar] I kept your jacket on the hook Where the salt air made it fade I'm twenty-two and I still look For your truck out in the rain [Chorus – still quiet and restrained, gentle rim clicks enter, soft synth pad] And the tide comes in, the tide goes out I'm still standing where you left me now Every wave says your name But you never came [Instrumental – slow and hypnotic, brushed toms, second clean guitar layers a repeating melody, still quiet] [Verse 3 – clean vocals slightly stronger, soft bass enters, steady slow drums] I heard you built a better life Somewhere I have never been With a kid who has your eyes Who will never know my name I don't know if I should hate you Or just wish that I could stop [Instrumental – slow build, guitars swell with more reverb, cymbal washes, synth grows louder, tension rising] [Chorus – clean vocals growing stronger with harmonies, half-time groove, still no distortion] And the tide comes in, the tide goes out I'm still standing where you left me now Every wave says your name Every wave says your name But you never came [Build – long crescendo, snare rolls, feedback swells, repeating guitar melody gets louder and louder] [Clean vocals, straining and desperate] Was I not enough? Was I not enough? [Explosion – full band erupts, drop-tuned distorted guitars, pounding double bass, maximum intensity] [Blood curdling screams] I WAS WAITING ON THE SHORE! I WAS WAITING ON THE SHORE! Every summer, every storm I WAS WAITING ON THE SHORE! [Breakdown – long, slow, devastating breakdown, crushing chugs, dramatic pauses] [Gang vocals] YOU NEVER CAME! [Chugs continue, silence between hits, heavy bass drops] [Blood curdling scream] YOU NEVER CAME! [Breakdown drops even heavier – half-half-time, dissonant synth drone] [Low guttural scream] Let go [Final Chorus – full band, massive soaring clean vocals with harmonies, screams underneath] And the tide comes in, and I let you go I don't have to wait here anymore Every wave says my name Every wave says my name And I'm walking away [Outro – band cuts out, solo piano returns from the intro] [Whispered] I forgive you [End – soft rain texture fades to silence]
