[Verse]
Boat rocks slow on a glass gray vein of water
Sky hangs low thick like old wet wool
You hold that net like a tired old secret
I hold my breath feel the whole bay pull
[Verse 2]
They say write rules or watch the fish turn memory
They say draw lines on maps not on hearts
You laugh say kid the ocean hates our paperwork
But we still gotta try before it all falls apart
[Prechorus]
Is it law or love that keeps the cod from vanishing
Is it greed or need when we haul that line in
[Chorus]
Bell Island blue tomorrow Bell Island blue
Guard this tide guard this time guard the view
We could build a whole new generation out of you
Bell Island blue tomorrow Bell Island blue
[Verse 3]
Val Island sleeps like a dark green animal
Fog curls round it like a lazy white rope
We talk quotas seasons fines and numbers
But what we really talk is fear and hope
[Verse 4]
Your hands map years of storms and stories
Knuckles chipped like broken shells in sand
You say if rules mean my grandkids still get mornings here
Then write em tough kid I will learn to understand