[Verse 1] They say he rose from the roaring foam Skin on the stone Left the sea alone Wrapped in a coat that smelled like storms Laughing at the wind in every form [Verse 2] He drank with the lads by the harbor wall Dark eyes shining He kissed them all Warm in the smoke Cold when they’d leave Always the last one left to grieve [Chorus] Sing Seal song Seal song For the man of the waves who never quite belonged Heart like a tide Pulled hard and strong Still empty arms at the break of dawn Seal song Seal song Give the drifting soul a place to anchor on A babe to carry both branch and brine Blood of the shoreline Blood of the brine (hey!) [Verse 3] He loved a boy with a crooked grin Hands like rope Freckles on his skin They built them a bed above the quay Two men lying where their hearts would stay [Verse 4] They spoke of names in the candle’s sway Of tiny shoes and nets to mend one day But doors stayed shut and the letters thin Every blessing stopped where the law kicked in [Chorus] Sing Seal song Seal song For the man of the waves who never quite belonged Heart like a tide Pulled hard and strong Still empty arms at the break of dawn Seal song Seal song Give the drifting soul a place to anchor on A babe to carry both branch and brine Blood of the shoreline Blood of the brine [Bridge] So he walked straight out on the midnight sand (ohh) Called to the deep with an open hand “Take what you will But hear me plead Grant us a child of foam and reed” The water rose like a lover’s sigh Silver eyes in the star-struck sky “Bring him your name Bring him your care We’ll share his soul We’ll share this heir” [Verse 5] At dawn his lover found by the turning tide A wailing bundle Kelp tangled wide Webbed little fingers A tangle of hair Salt in his lungs Warm skin there They wrapped him up in a tattered coat Sea-damp wool by a weathered boat The boy laughed loud at the crashing spray And slept like stone when it blew away [Chorus] Sing Seal song Seal song For the men who were told their love was wrong Now three hearts beat where two once longed Joined by a child of shore and swell and song Seal song Seal song Heir to the harbor To cliffs and calm May he walk on sand May he dive in foam Forever of sea and forever of home (hey!)
