Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I still bring your sweater when the sky turns grey
It don’t smell like you now, but I wear it anyway
Ten years of silence crashing soft on the shore
Still look for your shadow, but you’re not there anymore

[Pre-Chorus]
I carved your name in driftwood just to feel it again
Watch it float away like the shape we were then

[Chorus]
I’ve been waiting where the waves let go
Hoping they’d bring you back with the undertow
But the tide just sighs, like it knows what I won’t
You’re not coming back, and I’m learning to let go
I’ll always love you, but I’m learning to let go

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[Verse 2]
You were just nineteen, salt in your hair
I blinked and the sea took you like you were never there
They searched for days, but all they found was your ring
I wear it on a chain now, it don’t mean the same thing

[Pre-Chorus]
And I still talk to you like you’re just out of reach
But the wind don’t answer, it just whispers and leaves

[Chorus]
I’ve been waiting where the waves let go
Hoping they’d bring you back with the undertow
But the tide just sighs, like it knows what I won’t
You’re not coming back, and I’m learning to let go
I’ll always love you, but I’m learning to let go

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[Bridge]
And maybe there’s a shore I can’t see from here
Where you’re dancing in sunlight, with no trace of fear
If you found peace where the water runs deep
Then maybe it’s time I stopped losing sleep

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[Final Chorus]
So I’m standing where the waves let go
Not to wait for you now, just to say hello
The ocean’s wide, and your memory’s strong
You’re not coming back, but I’ll carry you along
I’ll always love you… and now I can let go