Across the Ocean

I’m still here in Baltimore, clocking overtime,

Rowhouses watching me grind for the day

Brick and harbor, salt in the wind,

Like the city keeps saying, don’t drift away

You’re waking up in Liverpool rain,

Steel-gray skies and the river by the docks

Different hours, same stubborn hope,

Two cities daring us not to fold

So I love you across the ocean,

Across the miles and the midnight calls

Baltimore’s teaching me patience,

Liverpool’s calling when I’m through with it all

We’re building something in distance,

Every hard goodbye has a goal

This city’s shaping the man I’ll be,

So I can cross that water and come home

Baltimore keeps tapping my shoulder,

Says stay sharp, stay ready, don’t stall

In the bars and the busted sidewalks,

I hear your laugh in the rise and fall

Every dock feels like a promise,

Every paycheck feels like a key

This city’s rough but it means it kindly,

Like it knows what you are to me

So I love you across the ocean,

Across the miles and the midnight calls

Baltimore’s teaching me patience,

Liverpool’s calling when I’m through with it all

We’re building something in distance,

Every hard goodbye has a goal

This city’s shaping the man I’ll be,

So I can cross that water and come home

One day I’ll trade these harbor lights

For brick and rain on your street

I’ll thank this town for the push it gave,

For not letting my fear take the lead

Baltimore helped me become someone

Who knows what forever costs

Liverpool, I’m coming ready now—

Not lost, not waiting, not anymore

So I love you across the ocean,

Through the work, the weeks, the doubt

Baltimore got me moving forward,

Liverpool’s where we figure it out

We survived the space between us,

Every mile just proved our truth

Two cities helped us learn the way,

But the destination’s always you