[Verse 1]
I was born in the duchy of Bellsor
Where the harbor never answers your name
Blue hair in a breeze full of salt talk
Everyone staring straight past
Like rain
They stitched two dolphins on our jackets
Silver thread on the darkest green
We learn the maps before our letters
How to leave before we learn to be seen
[Chorus]
Bellsor
Bellsor
Where we’re trained to navigate
Not feel
Hold your breath till your lungs burn
Call that a fair deal
Bellsor
Bellsor
Talk is shallow
Silence deep
We learn how to breathe underwater
But not how to let anyone in too cheap
[Verse 2]
We sit on the pier
Side by shoulder
Trading glances instead of words
Cold and aloof like we practiced
Every answer a flock of lost birds
Our parents sail shifts in the navy
Eyes like storms that never break
They taught us to plot every distance
But not what to do with the ache
[Chorus]
Bellsor
Bellsor
Where we’re trained to navigate
Not feel
Hold your breath till your lungs burn
Call that a fair deal
Bellsor
Bellsor
Talk is shallow
Silence deep
We learn how to breathe underwater
But not how to let anyone in too cheap
[Bridge]
[Soft hum
Almost whispered]
I dive where the water gets darker (oh)
Where words finally sound like they mean
My hair floats like a flag in the current
Blue crown of a quiet queen
[Chorus]
Bellsor
Bellsor
I’m tracing every tide-worn street
If I ever find my voice here
Will you recognize the heat?
Bellsor
Bellsor
If I rise or if I sleep
I will always breathe underwater
I will always feel too deep