Verse 1 Low tide rolled the worries out Left 'em somewhere past the bay Toes dug deep in cooling sand For the first time all week, I stayed Tiny crabs in little castles Anemones holding court Life gets awful complicated Till a tide pool cuts it short Pre-Chorus No signal bars No breaking news Just gulls and ravens Arguing over clues Chorus So I sat my ass down by the sea Let the salt wind straighten me Sun-kissed cheeks and tangled hair Nothing on the schedule anywhere Driftwood stories, seaweed lace Ocean light across my face For a little while I got to be Just another creature by the sea Verse 2 Paddle boards drift slow as clouds Past the rocks and kelp below Buns out everywhere today Nobody's got a place to go Children hunt for hidden treasures Dogs patrol the shoreline beat The whole world keeps on spinning Without requiring me Chorus So I sat my ass down by the sea Let the salt wind straighten me Sun-kissed cheeks and tangled hair Nothing on the schedule anywhere Driftwood stories, seaweed lace Ocean light across my face For a little while I got to be Just another creature by the sea Bridge Ravens bark commands from cedars Like they're running shipping docks The ocean nods and keeps on working Polishing another box of rocks And maybe that's the secret Maybe peace ain't something found Maybe it's remembering The earth still holds you down Final Chorus So I sat my ass down by the sea And the sea sat right with me Salt on skin and sand on feet The simplest things can feel complete Low tide coming, low tide gone The waves don't care what's going wrong For a little while I got to be Exactly where the world put me Outro Just another creature... By the sea.
