Gifts of the Tide

[Intro]
[Verse]
Frosted stone beneath my feet
Where the wind and water meet
Grandma climbed the spiral stair
Salt was tangled in her hair
She kept the lantern burning bright
To guide the sailors through the night
[Pre-Chorus]
She’d whisper low beside the fire
Of things the restless heart desires
Of spirits hidden in the foam
Waiting for a way back home
[Chorus]
Oh, the selkies weave the glass
Watch the winter shadows pass
Green and blue and amber light
Glowing in the dead of night
Leave a charm upon the sand
Gently held within your hand
A quiet sign to lead the way
Until the breaking of the day
[Post-Chorus]
(Lilting)
Da-da, sea glass in the sun
Now the winter work is done
Da-da, woven in the deep
While the tired islands sleep
[Verse]
The midwinter gale began to roar
Down along the rocky shore
I walked the line of silver spray
Where the ocean turns to gray
I found a piece of frosted green
The brightest gift I’d ever seen
Wrapped inside a braid of kelp
With a touch of spirit help
[Pre-Chorus]
Distant whales begin to call
As the velvet shadows fall
Underneath the Northland stars
Healing all our hidden scars
[Chorus]
Oh, the selkies weave the glass
Watch the winter shadows pass
Green and blue and amber light
Glowing in the dead of night
Leave a charm upon the sand
Gently held within your hand
A quiet sign to lead the way
Until the breaking of the day
[Bridge]
They never truly say goodbye
They’re in the spray and in the sky
In every stone and every shell
In every tale she used to tell
They leave a trail of glowing light
To guide us through the longest night
[Breakdown]
(Fiddle and Dulcimer solo)
[Chorus]
Oh, the selkies weave the glass
Watch the winter shadows pass
Green and blue and amber light
Glowing in the dead of night
Leave a charm upon the sand
Gently held within your hand
A quiet sign to lead the way
Until the breaking of the day
[Post-Chorus]
(Lilting)
Da-da, sea glass in the sun
Now the winter work is done
Da-da, woven in the deep
While the tired islands sleep
[Outro]