You said you’d be back before the sky turned red
Just chasing waves, that’s what you said
But the sea don’t keep promises, bro
And now I’m talking to the wind below
Your flip-flops left by the sand
Phone still buzzin’ in your hand
I waited for you past the dark
Till the moon forgot how to spark
They pulled your name from the tide
But never brought your voice alive
And I keep asking things I know
But I still can’t let go
Where do the echoes go, when the water takes the sound?
Do you still laugh somewhere beneath the drowning ground?
I see your face in the foam, I hear you in the spray
But no wave ever brings you back my way
It wasn’t fair, it wasn’t time
Now I keep you between my lines
I sit by the rocks where we used to lie
Throw stones at the sea and wonder why
You loved the ocean like a home
Now it sleeps with you alone
They say God takes the best too soon
But I think He cried that afternoon
‘Cause even heaven must’ve known
How much light you shined back home
They found your shirt, not your soul
The rest of you the sea still holds
But I don’t need a grave to know
You’re in me, wherever I go
Where do the echoes go, when the water takes the sound?
Do you still laugh somewhere beneath the drowning ground?
I see your face in the foam, I hear you in the spray
But no wave ever brings you back my way
It wasn’t fair, it wasn’t time
Now I keep you between my lines
If you hear this in the tide...
Just know I tried.
