The Low Tide Archive

[Intro]
[Verse]
Salt on the glass
The tower is cold
Iron stairs rust
Stories untold
I stand here alone
Watching the gray
Waiting for light
To carry the day
[Interlude]
[Verse]
The black water pulls
Dragging the floor
Revealing the ghosts
On the wet shore
A blue glass marble
Shining in silt
A tin soldier's arm
Heavy with guilt
Lost to the deep
[Build-up]
Wind chimes are thin
Singing of skin
Where the storm begins
To let the sea in
Shadows are long
Fading the song
Where do I belong?
[Interlude]
[Verse]
A wooden horse head
Splintered and white
Found in the bed
Of the coming night
My heart is a hollow
Filled with the brine
Following the hollow
Of a life once mine
[Build-up]
The tide is too low
Nowhere to go
Everything I know
Is starting to show
The grief is a weight
At the rusted gate
It is not too late
To leave it to fate
[Drop]
(Wordless ethereal vocal swells)
(Cascading guitar delay)
(Rolling drum crescendos)
[Bridge]
The clouds tear apart
Gold hits the sand
The weight of the heart
Falls from my hand
I am finally light
In the breaking of night
Every lost thing
Has no more sting
[Post-Chorus]
Wash it all away
Let the ocean stay
I am wide awake
In the golden break
Wash it all away
Let the ocean stay
I am wide awake
In the golden break
[Breakdown]
(Faint whispered vocals)
(Soft violin swells)
(Wind chimes ringing)
[Verse]
The lighthouse is still
High on the hill
I’ve had my fill
Of the winter chill
The keepsakes are gone
Into the dawn
Life carries on
Where the light is drawn
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
So let the tide rise
Under these skies
No more disguise
In my tired eyes
I am the shore
Broken no more
What I waited for
Is outside the door
[Post-Chorus]
Wash it all away
Let the ocean stay
I am wide awake
In the golden break
Wash it all away
Let the ocean stay
I am wide awake
In the golden break
[Outro]