Echo of the Coast

[Intro] [Wind] Quiet footsteps trace the granite line weathered carvings softer than the wine [Verse: Intimate] I climbed the ridge where the ocean breathes counted all the stars that outlive me Mountains hold the rain from thousand years I just hold a picture in my sleeve Your laugh still rings where the cold wind goes we carved our names where the ice still grows [Pre-Chorus: Wistful] The tide erases every step I take but something outlives the mistakes [Chorus: Expansive] Mountains outlast the breath we borrow oceans drown the dreams we borrow [Hook: Emotional] One small echo outlives the sorrow One small echo outlives the night We leave a mark beyond our brief time the stone still holds the light [Verse: Intimate] I walked the desert where the silence sleeps dunes shift and bury what the centuries keep A camel bone bleached white by the sun some traveler’s story long gone We sat and watched the Milky Way unfold you said the dark don’t have to hold all the things we can’t control [Pre-Chorus: Wistful] The sand erases every step I take but something outlives the mistakes [Chorus: Expansive] Stars outburn the breath we borrow deserts swallow roads we borrow [Hook: Emotional] One small echo outlives the sorrow One small echo outlives the years We leave a mark beyond our brief time the dark still holds the stars [Bridge: Vulnerable] I thought I’d carry all my weight thought I’d be gone without a trace your name still whispers on the stone our breath is short but the memory’s home Mountains don’t care about our pain oceans don’t remember our names but here our words still remain [Chorus: Expansive] Time outruns the breath we borrow worlds outlive the love we borrow [Hook: Emotional] One small echo outlives the sorrow One small echo outlives the life We leave a mark beyond our brief time the world still holds the light [Outro: Fading] [Wind] Quiet footsteps fade into the stone one small echo, still going home