[Verse]
We stood on the sands of the beach North Carolina
Your shadow stretched long in the evening's decline
Waves whispered secrets but none of them mine
The sun sank so heavy it shattered the line
[Prechorus]
I reached for your hand but the air pulled away
Nothing stays solid in the saltwater's sway
[Chorus]
Oh Carolina
You held us so tight
But the tides they stole you away in the night
Oh Carolina
Your sands hold my tears
A love washed away by the weight of the years
[Verse 2]
The gulls screamed above like they knew all our pain
Footprints behind us erased by the rain
Your laughter
A ghost
It still calls out my name
But the beach
It just stares
And it looks just the same
[Bridge]
The dunes rise so quiet
The grasses still hum
The ocean’s a clock and it beats like a drum
I built us a castle
It crumbled to dust
Love made of sand
Swept away like it must
[Chorus]
Oh Carolina
You held us so tight
But the tides they stole you away in the night
Oh Carolina
Your sands hold my tears
A love washed away by the weight of the years