Tide & Timber

[Verse 1]
[Male]
Salt on my tongue
Wood under my feet
I swore the sea
Would be the only heart I’d keep
[Female]
Silver on the waves
Calling your name
You cursed at the storm
But you listened just the same (mmh)
[Chorus]
[Both]
You’re tide and I’m timber
You pull and I surrender
Ship to shell
Heart to harbor
We crash and we remember
From the deep to the deck
From the foam to your neck
Tide and timber
Torn asunder
As we fall
As we fall into each other
[Verse 2]
[Male]
I’ve stolen my share
Gold
Rum
And the rest
But nothing ever burned
Like your song inside my chest (yeah)
[Female]
I’ve tangled with storms
Danced with the dead
But you’re the first fool
I’ve let live inside my head (oh)
[Chorus]
[Both]
You’re tide and I’m timber
You pull and I surrender
Ship to shell
Heart to harbor
We crash and we remember
From the deep to the deck
From the foam to your neck
Tide and timber
Torn asunder
As we fall
As we fall into each other
[Bridge]
[Female]
Will you sink for me
If your crew can’t hear you breathe?
[Male]
Will you rise for me
Leave your kingdom in the reef?
[Female]
Trade my crown for a compass
My scales for the sky (ahh)
[Male]
Trade my flag for your promise
To never say goodbye
[Chorus]
[Both]
You’re tide and I’m timber
You pull and I surrender
Ship to shell
Heart to harbor
We crash and we remember
From the deep to the deck
From the foam to your neck
Tide and timber
Brave and tender
I am yours
You’re the storm I sail forever (hey!)

Swashbuckling folk-pop duet; lilting acoustic guitar and bold bodhran drive, warm upright bass, pennywhistle fills. Verses start intimate with traded male/female lines; choruses bloom into full-throated harmonies and gang-style “hey”s. Bridge drops to hushed fingerpicking and distant toms, then final chorus surges with stacked vocals and a bright fiddle line weaving between them.