The Black Ship’s Lullaby - Part 2

(Verse 1) Salt on my lips, the wind calls my name Ashes of home drift into the rain A village of ghosts fades into blue I reach for the shore… but it slips from my view (Pre-Chorus) They say I am lost, a soul in the storm Wrapped in their prayers, away from what’s torn But under the waves, I still hear the cry Of a world I was… before goodbye (Chorus) Rock me, black ship, into the night Carry my tears past the fading light A falling petal learns how to fly Between two worlds… I’m drifting inside Oh sing, dark ocean, your lullaby Where the camellia will never die (Verse 2) Eyes made of iron, voices so kind Strangers who speak of a truth I can’t find Not chains but a path that I don’t understand A cross in their words, a map in their hands (Pre-Chorus) They call me a child the storm couldn’t claim A soul to be saved, a life to be named But deep in my chest, two heartbeats collide The girl I was… and who I’ll become inside (Chorus) Rock me, black ship, into the night Carry my tears past the fading light A falling petal learns how to fly Between two worlds… I’m drifting inside Oh sing, dark ocean, your lullaby Where the camellia will never die (Bridge) Petal to wind, I scatter, I break Rootless and rising with each breath I take No scent in my bloom, yet still I remain A flower unseen… untouched by their name Two tides in my soul, no shore I can claim One whispers home, one calls me by name If I am divided, then let me be whole In the silence between… I will carry them both (Final Chorus) Rock me, black ship, don’t let me fall Into the deep where I lose it all A falling petal learns how to fly Not torn apart… but changed by the sky Oh sing, dark ocean, your lullaby To the girl who became… the tide (Outro) And far in the mist, where horizons ignite Nagasaki waits in the morning light I close my eyes… but I’m not the same A camellia blooms… without a name