Salted Echoes

[Intro] Salt in the air, a whisper from the shore Footsteps blur past neon, where memories pour [Verse 1] I walk these avenues like a map of yesterday Storefronts glow, but hearts keep slipping away You said forever, but the tide pulled you to the sea Now I measure time by the ache between you and me [Chorus] Where the streetlights sigh, I hear your name in the rain Sea-salt on my tongue, I spell your shadow again If distance is a lullaby, I hum it to the night Wanting you closer, till dawn finds us in light [Verse 2] Doorways open to echoes of a kiss we didn’t keep The harbor tells a story in gulls that never sleep I pause at the corner where laughter used to bloom Wish the ocean could carry me closer to you [Chorus] Where the streetlights sigh, I hear your name in the rain Sea-salt on my tongue, I spell your shadow again If distance is a lullaby, I hum it to the night Wanting you closer, till dawn finds us in light [Bridge] The city breathes in tides of memory, slow and true I trace your silhouette on a window, blue A distant plea rides the wind from where you stand I reach for a future written in shifting sand [Chorus] Where the streetlights sigh, I hear your name in the rain Sea-salt on my tongue, I spell your shadow again If distance is a lullaby, I hum it to the night Wanting you closer, till dawn finds us in light [Outro] Let the waves keep time with my soft, aching vow Until the city dissolves and you’re somehow near somehow now