Ancient Tides, Unlikely Ties

[Verse 1] Waves were whispering secrets in the dawnlight haze Salt on my lashes, I was lost in a maze Tide-pools glimmered like a map in blue Pulling me closer to a world I never knew Barnacled shadows in the water’s gleam Something old was waking from a long, long dream Eyes like lanterns in the ocean’s seam Staring back at me from underneath the green [Chorus] You rose from the deep where the cold stars sleep Ancient heart still beating in the endless sweep Scales like stories etched by the turning tide And somehow our lives tangled, side by side In the hush of the surf where the wild winds roam We found an unlikely place to call home [Verse 2] You carried coral crowns and a comet’s age Storms in your memory, waves across your page Every scar a chapter of forgotten years Whales as your choir, currents as your gears I spoke in clumsy words, you replied in song Echoes through the kelp where you’ve lived so long Different worlds colliding on the silver foam Yet in your ancient gaze, I felt less alone [Chorus] You rose from the deep where the cold stars sleep Ancient heart still beating in the endless sweep Scales like stories etched by the turning tide And somehow our lives tangled, side by side In the hush of the surf where the wild winds roam We found an unlikely place to call home [Bridge] I’m just a flicker in your endless time You are an ocean carved in salt and brine Still we share this shoreline, this fragile strand Footprints and fin-trails tracing through the sand Every crest and crash writes your name with mine In a secret language of the moonlit brine [Chorus] You rose from the deep where the cold stars sleep Ancient heart still beating in the endless sweep Scales like stories etched by the turning tide And somehow our lives tangled, side by side In the hush of the surf where the wild winds roam We found an unlikely place to call home