Marginalia of the Tide

[Intro]
[Verse]
White gloves on the spine
Tracing every faded line
Nineteen-twenty-two in blue
Talking like she always knew
A century of quiet breath
Cheating every kind of death
Dusty light upon the floor
I can't stay here anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
The margins hold a secret fire
A hundred years of deep desire
A pencil smudge, a heavy heart
Tearing the silent world apart
[Chorus]
Take me to the salt-wind shore
Open up the cottage door
Sun-bleached pages in the light
Everything is turning bright
We are kin across the tide
With nowhere left for us to hide
I can feel the golden spray
Washing all the grey away
[Verse]
Grand piano in the room
Chasing out the gallery gloom
She dreamt of a village pier
The same one I hold so dear
Childhood salt upon my tongue
Songs that stayed forever young
Nylon strings begin to hum
Knowing that the time has come
[Pre-Chorus]
The margins hold a secret fire
A hundred years of deep desire
A pencil smudge, a heavy heart
Tearing the silent world apart
[Chorus]
Take me to the salt-wind shore
Open up the cottage door
Sun-bleached pages in the light
Everything is turning bright
We are kin across the tide
With nowhere left for us to hide
I can feel the golden spray
Washing all the grey away
[Bridge]
Leave the archives far behind
Release the cages of the mind
From the city to the waves
To the life that longing saves
I can hear the ocean swell
In the stories that they tell
The courage in the ink is clear
I am finally standing here
[Chorus]
Take me to the salt-wind shore
Open up the cottage door
Sun-bleached pages in the light
Everything is turning bright
We are kin across the tide
With nowhere left for us to hide
I can feel the golden spray
Washing all the grey away
[Post-Chorus]
Coastal village in the sun
The journey has at last begun
I don't need the dust no more
Walking through the open door
One hundred years of grace
In this sun-drenched place
[Outro]