Sugar and Salt

[Intro]
[Verse]
The salt air hits the screen
Faded blue and dusty green
I turn the heavy rusted key
The porch is waiting just for me
Flour dust on the old tile floor
I don’t hear you anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
The oven clock is stuck on ten
I wish that I could start again
But the light is soft and gold
Stories that were never told
[Chorus]
Sugar on my fingertips
Salt upon my tired lips
I am learning how to stand
Walking on the shifting sand
You are in the way I bloom
Even in this empty room
[Post-Chorus]
I am holding on to you
In everything I try to do
[Verse]
Apron strings tied in a knot
Stirring what the garden brought
Lemon zest and rolling pins
Where the quiet life begins
Shells collected in a jar
I wonder where you really are
[Pre-Chorus]
The waves are calling from the gate
I’m learning how to navigate
This heavy kind of hollow space
Searching for your hidden face
[Chorus]
Sugar on my fingertips
Salt upon my tired lips
I am learning how to stand
Walking on the shifting sand
You are in the way I bloom
Even in this empty room
[Bridge]
My first apartment feels so small
With empty hooks along the wall
But I brought the recipe
Of who you wanted me to be
Steady hands and quiet heart
This is where the new things start
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
The tide is coming in so slow
I watch the seagulls come and go
The water's cold against my feet
The bitter mixed with something sweet
I'll take the memories I keep
And find a way to fall asleep
[Chorus]
Sugar on my fingertips
Salt upon my tired lips
I am learning how to stand
Walking on the shifting sand
You are in the way I bloom
Even in this empty room
[Post-Chorus]
I am holding on to you
In everything I try to do
[Outro]