The Salt in the Ink

[Intro]
[Verse]
The latch is rusted red
Dust upon the bed
I walk where spirits tread
Through the door she led
The gorse is blooming gold
Against the winter cold
A story yet untold
In a house so old
[Pre-Chorus]
The cliffs are kissed with white
In the fading light
I hear the gulls in flight
Calling through the night
[Chorus]
Oh, the salt in the ink
Standing on the brink
Of a life I never knew
Wrapped in shades of blue
Her words are waves that roll
Echoing my soul
A longing meant to stay
An ocean's width away
[Post-Chorus]
Carry me home
Over the foam
Where the wild winds roam
Under the stone dome
[Verse]
Found beneath the floor
Near the heavy door
A letter from the shore
Written long before
Her hand was steady then
With a feathered pen
To a man she called her own
While she sat alone
[Pre-Chorus]
The pipes begin to moan
In a low, soft tone
I'm never truly grown
In this house of stone
[Chorus]
Oh, the salt in the ink
Standing on the brink
Of a life I never knew
Wrapped in shades of blue
Her words are waves that roll
Echoing my soul
A longing meant to stay
An ocean's width away
[Bridge]
The bouzouki rings clear
Drying every tear
Ancient ghosts are near
But I feel no fear
The low whistle sighs
Underneath the skies
History never dies
In a stranger's eyes
[Verse]
I trace the faded line
Her blood is mine
A legacy of brine
Deeper than the pine
She waited for the sail
In the autumn gale
Now I tell the tale
Behind the misty veil
[Chorus]
Oh, the salt in the ink
Standing on the brink
Of a life I never knew
Wrapped in shades of blue
Her words are waves that roll
Echoing my soul
A longing meant to stay
An ocean's width away
[Post-Chorus]
An ocean's width away
Where the seals all play
In the silver spray
At the end of day
[Outro]