The Unvisited Shore

[Intro]
[Verse]
Porcelain holders start to crack
With letters that I can't send back
Blue hour on the boardwalk floor
Beside the heavy, closing door
Salt-stained ink begins to bleed
A story that I still must read
[Pre-Chorus]
I remember every silver vow
But the fog is rolling in right now
You promised me a summer sea
But left a ghost to walk with me
[Chorus]
Oh, the carousel is humming low
Songs from eighty years ago
In the mist of D minor
Nothing could be finer
Than the ghost of your hand
Across the cold coastal sand
Waiting for the water's end
[Post-Chorus]
Sea mist rising high
Underneath a paper sky
Wait for your reply
[Verse]
Tuba echoes through the haze
Remnants of our childhood days
Glockenspiel rings soft and deep
For promises you couldn't keep
Brushed timpani rolls like the tide
With nowhere left for us to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
I remember every silver vow
But the fog is rolling in right now
You promised me a summer sea
But left a ghost to walk with me
[Chorus]
Oh, the carousel is humming low
Songs from eighty years ago
In the mist of D minor
Nothing could be finer
Than the ghost of your hand
Across the cold coastal sand
Waiting for the water's end
[Bridge]
The wax seal is finally broken
Of words that remained unspoken
Harpsichord trills in the air
Like the ribbon in my hair
You were just a stamp and name
But I loved you all the same
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
The boardwalk boards are turning grey
Since the day you stayed away
I trace the lines of cursive script
Where the fountain pen has slipped
A childhood vow in faded blue
Still waiting for a sign of you
[Chorus]
Oh, the carousel is humming low
Songs from eighty years ago
In the mist of D minor
Nothing could be finer
Than the ghost of your hand
Across the cold coastal sand
Waiting for the water's end
[Outro]