Salt in the Sunrise

[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold on the table
Clock on the wall just stares
Your chair’s still pulled out crooked
Like you’re halfway there
I keep dialing your number
Let it ring through empty air
Every sunrise feels louder
Since you’re nowhere
[Chorus]
Salt in the sunrise
Burns when it hits my eyes
Ocean keeps breathing
I’m just asking why
Waves keep on coming
But you’re on the other side
Salt in the sunrise
And I can’t hide
[Verse 2]
We used to drive to the water
Bare feet on the broken road
Laughing at the gulls and the sunrise
You said
“This never gets old”
Now the sky turns red in the silence
Sea wind cuts straight through bone
I stand there trying to say something
But the words are gone
[Chorus]
Salt in the sunrise
Burns when it hits my eyes
Ocean keeps breathing
I’m just asking why
Waves keep on coming
But you’re on the other side
Salt in the sunrise
And I can’t hide
[Bridge]
I’m scared of tomorrow (yeah)
Scared of tonight
Little kid in the doorway
Waiting for your light
If you can hear me somehow
In that wide
Wide sky
Teach me how to keep walking
When I just wanna cry
[Chorus]
Salt in the sunrise
Burns when it hits my eyes
Ocean keeps breathing
I’m still asking why
Waves keep on coming
Tear me open wide
Salt in the sunrise
You’re gone
But I’m alive

rock, Blues-rock grunge ballad, male vocals, starting with fragile clean guitar and soft brushes on the snare; verse sits low and intimate, bass just humming under. Chorus hits with overdriven power chords, roomy drums, and a cracked, pushed vocal. Second half adds a ghostly slide guitar answering the melody, then strips back to voice and guitar on the last line for a raw, exposed close., grunge, blues