The Birdhouse Post

[Intro]
[Verse]
The cliffside air is cold
The wood is turning gold
I found a secret fold
Inside the birdhouse old
Seventy years of dust
Beyond the iron rust
[Chorus]
Faded ink and sea spray
Words they couldn't say
Hidden from the day
In a quiet way
Oh, the love stays
In the salt-stung haze
[Verse]
Paper thin as a wing
A silent, heavy thing
What did the winter bring?
Did the kettle sing?
Small joys in a row
From seventy years ago
[Pre-Chorus]
Looking out from the light
Through the longest night
He kept her in sight
Everything felt right
[Chorus]
Faded ink and sea spray
Words they couldn't say
Hidden from the day
In a quiet way
Oh, the love stays
In the salt-stung haze
[Bridge]
I hold the ghost of a hand
Across the shifting sand
A map he never planned
For a distant land
Just a heart on a sleeve
That never chose to leave
[Verse]
The ink is smudged blue
He spoke of morning dew
And how the gulls flew
Just to be near you
He didn't need a sign
To keep the love in line
[Chorus]
Faded ink and sea spray
Words they couldn't say
Hidden from the day
In a quiet way
Oh, the love stays
In the salt-stung haze
[Outro]