Beneath the Tide

I'm sitting on the shoreline

Watching the ocean breathe

The waves keep pulling secrets

The sky won't share with me

The sunlight warms my shoulders

But shadows hold my hand

I smile for those who love me

While I'm breaking where I stand

I know I'm not alone

I've got hearts that feel like home

But the silence in my chest

Is heavier than stone

I whisper to the heavens

To the names I had to lose

I'm loved, I'm held, I'm carried

But tonight I feel the bruise

The tide remembers voices

That time can't wash away

I swear I hear them laughing

In the salt and in the spray

This body's tired of fighting

My spirit's aching too

But I keep on chasing daylight

Cause it's all I know to do

I know I'm not alone

I've got hearts that feel like home

But the silence in my chest

Is heavier than stone

I whisper to the heavens

To the names I had to lose

I'm loved, I'm held

I'm carried but tonight I feel the bruise

One day these waves will carry me

Where the pain can't follow

Until that tide comes rolling in

I'll borrow strength tomorrow

I know I'm not alone

Though my heart feels overgrown

With the sorrow and the longing

For the love I've always known

I whisper to the heavens

And I pray they hear me too

I'm loved, I'm held, I'm carried

But tonight I feel the bruise

On the beach beneath the sky

With the ocean by my side

I'll keep learning how to breathe

With the ache that lives inside