Lyrics
# **Across the Sea** 🌊
The harbor slept beneath the ash of dawn,
I tied my dreams to a suitcase torn.
A single ticket, a borrowed name,
A fading echo of where I came.
The waves were heavy, the deck was blind,
I left my footprints in the sand behind.
The gulls were screaming, the ropes were tight,
And I prayed to the stars for another night.
The sea is cruel, but she speaks the truth,
She swallowed the years of my wasted youth.
Her voice was salt, her arms were wide,
She carried the weight of the ones who tried.
I thought of you as the shoreline bled,
The lantern flickered above my head.
Your face was carved in the wind and rain,
A ghost I follow through loss and pain.
I saw the children with eyes like glass,
They traced their futures on broken maps.
Their mothers whispered a prayer of stone,
“May God not leave us all alone.”
The nights are longer when fear won’t sleep,
The ocean holds what the graves can’t keep.
A boy beside me forgot his song,
He cried for a place where he could belong.
I dreamed of cities with silver skies,
Of streets unbroken by empty lies.
A job, a room, a stranger’s hand,
A chance to rise, a place to stand.
But borders burn and the fences bite,
They turn the day into endless night.
The guards don’t ask, the papers fade,
A number is written where a name was made.
I carried hunger, I carried flame,
I carried sorrow without a name.
Yet still I walked, though my body broke,
Through every silence my spirit spoke.
There was a river beyond the town,
Its bridges twisted, its water brown.
I crossed it barefoot, I crossed it slow,
Each step was fire, each breath a blow.
And when at last I reached the square,
No one was waiting, no one was there.
But in the windows I saw a light,
A promise burning against the night.
Now years have passed and I write these lines,
On foreign soil with foreign signs.
But every dawn, when the sea is near,
I hear your whispers, I feel you clear.
Across the sea, I am still your son,
Across the sea, the journey’s not done.
For though I wander, I still believe,
The tide remembers, the heart won’t leave.
And if one day I should fail to rise,
Lay me down beneath your skies.
Across the sea, my soul will roam,
But in your arms, I’ll find my home.
Style of Music
R&B, Sentimental, Male Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Pulsing