[Verse 1]
She came from a musical ocean
Strange and wild and new
With a voice that could make the whole world cry
Like moonlight pulling tides in blue
Every creature stopped to listen
When her sorrow filled the sea
She never knew the gift she carried
Just how rare her voice could be
Then the Ocean rose before her
And whispered soft and low
“Your song is lovely, little mermaid
But there’s better songs to know
Wouldn’t people love you deeper
If you sang the way they do?”
So she followed glowing currents
Toward a colder shade of blue
[Chorus]
She gave the sea witch her real voice
For filters, lights, and fame
And every time the numbers climbed
She disappeared a little more each day
The strangers cheered, the praise rolled in
But something precious slipped away
She gave the sea witch her real voice
And forgot her own name
[Verse 2]
The numbers grew and so did applause
Hearts flashing on the shore
But the voice that once had stirred the deep
Didn’t belong to her anymore
She learned to sing the trending songs
The ones that made crowds sway
While the ocean inside her chest
Grew quieter every day
She smiled for all the mirrors
And danced beneath their glow
While every song she didn’t mean
Pulled her farther from her soul
And the witch kept counting praises
As the mermaid lost herself
Trading pieces of forever
For attention from someone else
[Chorus]
She gave the sea witch her real voice
For filters, lights, and fame
And every time the numbers climbed
She disappeared a little more each day
The strangers cheered, the praise rolled in
But something sacred slipped away
She gave the sea witch her real voice
And forgot her own name
[Bridge]
Then one night beyond the harbor
She heard a distant melody
A lonely voice like crashing waves
Calling from the deep blue sea
It sang the song she used to know
Before she changed for them
Before she traded truth away
To chase approval once again
She tried to sing beside it
But the notes would never stay
Her voice that once could stir the deep
Had slowly drifted away
And somewhere in the darkened tides
The sea witch softly smiled
Watching another dreamer lose
The wonder of a child
[Final Chorus]
She gave the sea witch her real voice
For filters, lights, and fame
And every time the numbers climbed
She disappeared a little more each day
But deep beneath the endless waves
Her truest song still waits
For the day she stops performing
And remembers who she was before the praise
[Outro]
Poor little mermaid listened to the world
To earn a little love
She traded away her soul inside
For glitter from above
But the songs that move the deepest hearts
Are never born from shame
And no crowd is worth the cost
Of losing your real name
ElCeviche
