Said the sea and the shore and the evening tide came in
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I'm here to tell you tales of where I've been
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And the shells are whispered my love songs and secret rhymes
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Left in at your door for you to find
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Tempered the force of my waves when your gods would roar
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To carry the ships full of men that you sent off to war
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I've long for you so long, said the sea to the shore
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Said the shore to the sea, you left me her to long
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And I was promised to the moon while you were gone
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He waited until the brightest night
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To demand my hand under his fullest night
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And promised he'll alywas stay and watch over me
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Oh why did you wait till now, said the shore to the sea
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Said the sea to the shore, I swore that I'd return
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And here I am with all that I have learned
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I can hold you now with arms of foam spray
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Touching you the coming of dusk and the breaking of day
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Smoothing out the fold on every stone
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Said the sea to the shore, don't leave me here alone
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Said the shore to the sea, said all these things before
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And I tell you, I can't hear them anymore
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Oh, there was a time once I had given in
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And hear your savage white caps rolling in
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Your truffs would come up slow beneath my chin
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Your mist would kiss me softly on my skin
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Leaving salty trails where you had been
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My legs would give out in your undertoll
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Oh but sea, that was a long, long time ago
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So the sea took one last look and turned away
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And the shore was more than strong enough to stay
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Castles melted back into the sand
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Drift would drift it up to the land
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Rocks rose a proud and shiny skin
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Shows began their gossiping again.
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The Sea & The Shore
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| Amy Speace |
