Parchment and Tide

[Intro]
[Verse]
Faded ink on a yellowed page
From a simpler, wilder age
She watched the waves from the tower height
Guiding the sailors through the night
Nineteen-fifty, the storms were cold
In the letters that I hold
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the foghorn’s lonely hum
Waiting for the dawn to come
The mist is thick against the glass
Watching all the shadows pass
[Chorus]
Oh, the lantern’s glow remains
Through the salt and through the rains
She saved the ships upon the sea
But who is there to rescue me?
My heart is quiet, heart is still
Breaking on the window sill
Like the tide, I rise and fall
Answering the ocean’s call
[Verse]
The pier is worn by winter spray
Just like the words you didn’t say
She kept the fire, she kept the flame
While I’m just whispering your name
The ink is dry, the grief is new
Reading how she pulled them through
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the foghorn’s lonely hum
Waiting for the dawn to come
The mist is thick against the glass
Watching all the shadows pass
[Chorus]
Oh, the lantern’s glow remains
Through the salt and through the rains
She saved the ships upon the sea
But who is there to rescue me?
My heart is quiet, heart is still
Breaking on the window sill
Like the tide, I rise and fall
Answering the ocean’s call
[Bridge]
The storm of fifty-four was blind
She left a map for me to find
Between the lines of black and white
I see a different kind of light
Though my love has drifted far
She is still my northern star
[Chorus]
Oh, the lantern’s glow remains
Through the salt and through the rains
She saved the ships upon the sea
But who is there to rescue me?
My heart is quiet, heart is still
Breaking on the window sill
Like the tide, I rise and fall
Answering the ocean’s call
[Outro]