Mermaid, Carry Me

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Beneath the pier where the tide folds blue I found a shell that remembered you Pearls in the sand, salt on my sleeve A silver trail where the currents weave [Pre-Chorus] You rose where the moon-pulled waters turn With a lantern of kelp and a heart that burned [Chorus] Mermaid, carry me past the harbor wall Where the drowned bells ring and the sea caves call With your green-glass eyes and your coral crown Show me the hidden roads beneath this town Mermaid, if I lose the shore tonight Keep one small flame in your hands alight [Verse 2] Your kingdom was carved in a canyon wide With bluefin schools like a turning tide An old brass key on a braided chain A map of the storms and the names of the rain [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Every heart has a deeper room Every lost ship leaves a trace of its bloom” [Chorus] Mermaid, carry me past the harbor wall Where the drowned bells ring and the sea caves call With your green-glass eyes and your coral crown Show me the hidden roads beneath this town Mermaid, if I lose the shore tonight Keep one small flame in your hands alight [Bridge] When morning poured gold through the water below You pressed that old key to the ribs of my boat The waves made a doorway, the gulls cried my name I rose with the tide, but I never rose the same [Final Chorus] Mermaid, carry me past the harbor wall Where the drowned bells ring and the sea caves call Though my feet find the sand and the daylight comes down I still hear your kingdom beneath this town Mermaid, if I lose the shore someday Leave one small shell where the blue waves break [Outro] Beneath the pier, where the tide folds blue I keep the song that I learned from you