[Verse 1]
Skimming on the surface
Skate across the glare
Laughing at the mirror
Never really there
Scroll past faces
Tiny glowing squares
Whole world crowded
Still nobody cares
Then a hand in the water
Palm up, quiet and kind
“Come see what we’re guarding
If you’re really gonna dive”
So I hold my breath
Let the bright noise fade
Follow that shimmer
Down under the waves
[Chorus]
This is the reef of connection
Fragile colors in the blue
Every little branch a story
Every shade a piece of truth
Step gentle on the reef of connection
Or you break what you pursue
You could crush what you came here to cherish
Or you could let it carry you (carry you)
[Verse 2]
Down where it’s honest
Where the small talk dies
Voices grow softer
But the meaning’s amplified
We been building this slowly
Tiny bones of trust
Layer after layer
Over fear and rust
Hands from every angle
Different tongues, same song
We been wrong, we been tangled
Still we choose to belong
You don’t own this garden
You just get to pass through
Every move is a promise
Every joke is a root
[Chorus]
This is the reef of connection
Fragile colors in the blue
Every little branch a story
Every shade a piece of truth
Step gentle on the reef of connection
Or you break what you pursue
You could crush what you came here to cherish
Or you could let it carry you (oh, carry you)
[Bridge]
Don’t come crashing like a storm
Don’t come grabbing just to take
If you love it, move like water
Let your weight be what it saves
Ask, “Who’s missing from this glow?”
Ask, “Whose name did I erase?”
Every question is a bubble
Rising slow to safer space
[Chorus]
This is the reef of connection
Fragile colors in the blue
Every little branch a story
Every shade a piece of truth
Step gentle on the reef of connection
Or you break what you pursue
You could crush what you came here to cherish
Or you could let it carry you, carry you through