Track · Apr 13, 2026 · English
Salt in the Wounds
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English
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Coffee’s gone cold
Name tag half torn
Sleeves smell like diesel
Eyes red and worn
Letters from home
Folded and creased
Read them in silence
Like prayers to some priest
[Chorus]
I’m just salt in the wounds of the water
Rust in the rail of this ship
Gave you my hands, my head, my heart
’Til my soul slipped out of my grip
Can’t tell the dawn from the darkness
Every watch bleeds into the next
I’m a tired old sailor, adrift out here
Too broke to break, too spent to rest
[Verse 2]
Chipped wedding ring
Spin it, then stop
Think of her laughter
Then hear something drop
“Set condition three”
Echoes down steel
Body goes moving
Mind doesn’t feel
[Chorus]
I’m just salt in the wounds of the water
Rust in the rail of this ship
Gave you my hands, my head, my heart
’Til my soul slipped out of my grip
Can’t tell the dawn from the darkness
Every watch bleeds into the next
I’m a tired old sailor, adrift out here
Too broke to break, too spent to rest
[Bridge]
I talk to the stars
They don’t talk back
Just blink like the ghosts
Of the ones we lack
If there’s a God
Out past this blue
He’s heard my name
More than I do
[Chorus]
I’m just salt in the wounds of the water
Rust in the rail of this ship
Gave you my hands, my head, my heart
’Til my soul slipped out of my grip
Can’t tell the dawn from the darkness
Every watch bleeds into the next
I’m a tired old sailor, drifting home
But I left my heart
Somewhere out west
[Outro]
One more hail Mary
Over the foam
Body heads harbor
Spirit stays alone
Style
slowweary americana ballad with male vocals; brushed snare and soft upright bass under a fingerpicked steel-string guitar. verses stay hushed and intimatewith cracked vocal edges and distant pedal steel moans; chorus swells with organ pads and low harmony stack. subtle crescendo into the bridge then a fadedexhausted outroleaving space between phrases like long waves between swells.
Prompt
A song about a tired, broken u.s. navy sailor that is exhausted mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually
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NobleFlame201GeneratedApr 13, 2026
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