Salt and Silver

[Intro]
[Verse]
Salt-crusted window sills
Watching the morning stills
The nylon strings hum low
Where did the summer go?
Sand in the floorboards now
I make a silent vow
To keep the lantern bright
Through the lonely night
[Pre-Chorus]
Seagulls cry at golden hour
Petals fall from a dried flower
I find your name in the grit
And I am still feeling it
[Chorus]
Oh, let the lantern shine
On a love that wasn't mine
Fading like the morning mist
By the ocean gently kissed
I’ll hold the warmth you gave
Like a shell beneath the wave
It’s a quiet, golden grace
In this empty, hallowed space
[Post-Chorus]
Silver light on the swell
More than words can tell
Golden hour stays
In these coastal haze
[Verse]
Half-buried letters hide
Tugged by the evening tide
Ink blurred by the spray
Words from a warmer day
Your laughter was a chime
Lost in the gears of time
Now the deep pulse begins
Where the horizon thins
[Pre-Chorus]
Seagulls cry at golden hour
Petals fall from a dried flower
I find your name in the grit
And I am still feeling it
[Chorus]
Oh, let the lantern shine
On a love that wasn't mine
Fading like the morning mist
By the ocean gently kissed
I’ll hold the warmth you gave
Like a shell beneath the wave
It’s a quiet, golden grace
In this empty, hallowed space
[Bridge]
Strings swell in the dark
A tiny, glowing spark
Nostalgia is a velvet veil
A soft and steady sail
I’m not reaching for the shore
I don’t need the evermore
Just the glow of what we were
A memory in a blur
[Chorus]
Oh, let the lantern shine
On a love that wasn't mine
Fading like the morning mist
By the ocean gently kissed
I’ll hold the warmth you gave
Like a shell beneath the wave
It’s a quiet, golden grace
In this empty, hallowed space
[Post-Chorus]
Silver light on the swell
More than words can tell
Golden hour stays
In these coastal haze
[Outro]