[Intro] [Fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [Haunting violin enters softly] [Slow atmospheric build] [Verse 1] [Soft intimate female vocal] Deep in the ocean where dark waters flow, A mermaid was dreaming of worlds up above. While others would fear what they didn’t yet know, She chased after danger, she chased after love. One morning she swam to a boat on the tide, And saw a young fisherman, handsome and brave. He sang a sweet melody, filling the wide And lonely horizon across every wave. [Chorus] [Emotional female vocal, restrained intensity] [Soft half-time DnB beat enters] Oh, Father of Oceans, why give me this heart, To love what belongs to the shore? Two different worlds that are driven apart, Divided by waves evermore. I’m trapped in the shadow of water and foam, Loving a soul that I can't carry home. [Verse 2] [Slightly darker vocal tone] [Subtle strings building] [Minimal DnB rhythm continues] But darkness rolled in as a terrible gale, The stars and the moon disappeared from the sky. The crashing waves shattered the wood and the sail, And swallowed his boat in the blink of an eye. She dove through the chaos, she fought through the foam, "Oh where is my love?" to the waters she cried. Past broken timber she carried him home, His pale, breathless body adrift on the tide. [Chorus] [Fuller emotional female vocal] [Deeper bass, restrained breakbeat] Oh, Father of Oceans, why give me this heart, To love what belongs to the shore? Two different worlds that are driven apart, Divided by waves evermore. I’m trapped in the shadow of water and foam, Loving a soul that I can't carry home. [Bridge] [Drums completely drop out] [Solo acoustic guitar] [Intimate, vulnerable female vocal] She dragged him to safety where soft shadows lie, And whispered: "I know that you’re still breathing deep... I’ll leave you to wake underneath the blue sky, While I must return to the ocean to weep." She pressed her cold lips to his cheek in the sand, A beautiful danger, a final goodbye, Then slipped from his side as the dawn touched the land, Before any mortal could see her pass by. [Instrumental Solo] [Expressive melancholic violin solo] [Acoustic guitar fingerpicking] [Subtle cello enters] [Gradual return of atmospheric DnB pulse] [Outro] [Soft ethereal female vocal] [Drums gradually fade away] The storm cleared away at the break of the day, He woke on the shore with a dream in his head. He captures a glimpse of the emerald spray, And searches the waves where the horizon turns red. And deep down below, where the cold currents roll, She sings for the man who awakened her soul... [Long sustained vocal notes] Watching him sail... Through the mist and the veil. [Fade out] [End]
