Seagull

I left the harbor I left the harbor I left the harbor with the ocean on my skin Breathing in the water like I’d never breathe again My sails were hanging heavy, like they knew what lay ahead And the wind got in my ribs and left me breaking bit by bit Now the shoreline’s getting smaller, fading somewhere out of sight And the waves keep getting higher as they pull me through the night I was holding to a promise, I was trying not to fall But the sea had other plans for me, and I could feel it all Crash into stone Splinters and foam I’m disappearing in the dark But she’s still there above White on the black water You were the light I could see You keep on flying Over the pieces of me And if I break, if I go under If the storm takes all I’ve known Be my memory Be my sea Be the one that makes it home Now I’m only little fragments in the hands of the tide And the salt is getting deeper, pulling everything aside You land softly on the wreckage of the mast I used to be Like a quiet kind of sorrow that still stays and sings to me You’re the last thing that is living from the life I couldn’t save Just a white bird on the water, rocking gently on the waves And I watch you for a moment like I still have time to choose But some things are meant for sky, and some were made to lose Crash into stone Splinters and foam I’m disappearing in the dark Just look at her now White on the black water You were the light I could see You keep on flying Over the pieces of me And if I break, if I go under If the storm takes all I’ve known Be my memory Be my sea Be the one that makes it home