Trails In The Sand

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a borrowed t‑shirt
Salt still on my hands
You traced circles on my shoulder
Like drawing maps in the sand
[Pre-Chorus]
You said
“Stay until the tide comes”
Laughing as the waves rolled in
All the footprints that we followed
Washed away
Then back again
[Chorus]
Trails in the sand
Where we ran
Where we fell
Fading like a dream that we almost tell
Hold me while the shoreline steals our plans
We’re writing love in trails in the sand
Trails in the sand
In the sand
In the sand
[Verse 2]
You danced with your shoes in your backpack
I hummed an old folk tune
Shells rattled soft in your pocket
Like a tiny plastic moon
[Pre-Chorus]
We were spinning out in slow frames
Hands up
Chasing gulls above
Every grain under our bare feet
Counting out a fragile love
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Years later on that same shoreline
We walk where we once ran
Your hair threaded through my fingers
Like seaweed
Rope
And ribboned tan
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t talk about forever
Just today
The foam
The wind
Every step we take together
Leaves a line that starts again
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[whispered vocals] Trails in the sand
[stacked harmonies] Trails in the sand
In the sand
[low vocal register] If it washes away
We’ll draw it again
[repeating vocal overlays] Trails in the sand… trails in the sand… trails in the sand…

folk, Shimmering disco europop meets indie-folk: four-on-the-floor kick, warm acoustic guitars, airy synth pads, and intertwining male/female vocals. Verses stay intimate with plucked strings and soft pads; pre-chorus lifts with tom fills, tambourine, and stacked harmonies; choruses explode into bright synth leads, crowd-style gang vocals, and sidechained pads. Outro rides a filtered groove with repeating vocal overlays fading into reverb., europop, edm, vocal, indie folk, disco, harmonious