Salt and Skin

[Intro]
[Verse]
The mist clings low to every crag
I drag my heart, a heavy bag
The tide-worn stone is cold and grey
I've been a lifetime far away
The heather bows its purple head
To words the ancient ones have said
[Pre-Chorus]
A floorboard creaks beneath my shoe
I find the box she left for you
A locket wrapped in dried-up kelp
A secret only ghosts can help
[Chorus]
Oh, she shed her skin for the land
To hold a mortal lover's hand
Beneath the waves of glowing white
She traded sea for blackest night
The ocean calls her back again
But love is stronger than the rain
She left the blue to find the gold
A story only salt has told
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, the salt and skin)
(Ooh, the tide comes in)
(Ooh, the salt and skin)
(Ooh, the tide comes in)
[Verse]
The locket clicks and falls apart
To show the map of a wild heart
She kept the seal-skin in the chest
To give her human soul a rest
The bioluminescent tide
Is where the silver spirits hide
[Pre-Chorus]
The low whistle begins to cry
Beneath a bruised and heavy sky
The scent of brine is in the hall
I hear the deep Atlantic call
[Chorus]
Oh, she shed her skin for the land
To hold a mortal lover's hand
Beneath the waves of glowing white
She traded sea for blackest night
The ocean calls her back again
But love is stronger than the rain
She left the blue to find the gold
A story only salt has told
[Bridge]
The pipes are wailing in the wind
The veil of time is growing thinned
She chose the hearth, she chose the flame
She whispered out a human name
And though the water pulled her deep
The promises were hers to keep
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oh, she shed her skin for the land
To hold a mortal lover's hand
Beneath the waves of glowing white
She traded sea for blackest night
The ocean calls her back again
But love is stronger than the rain
She left the blue to find the gold
A story only salt has told
[Outro]