[Verse 1]
Suitcase on the floor
Voices still ringing in my ears
Same fight, same slammed door
Same old cycle, same old tears
So I booked that one-way flight
Didn’t tell a soul till I was gone
Clouds breaking into light
Heart beating like a new song
[Chorus]
I run to the isla
let the salt wash all that pain
Lay my heavy heart in the water
let the waves unlearn my name
I run to the isla
where the sun don’t ask me why
Strangers call me sister
and the breeze just tells me try
[Verse 2]
Bare feet in hot white sand
Some kid laughing, hands full of shells
Old man by the food stand
Says, “You safe here, time will tell” (oh-oh)
I taste mango on my tongue
Sticky fingers, finally smile
All that poison from where I’m from
fading out with every mile
[Chorus]
I run to the isla
let the salt wash all that pain
Lay my heavy heart in the water
let the waves unlearn my name
I run to the isla
where the sun don’t ask me why
Strangers call me sister
and the breeze just tells me try
[Bridge]
Let them fight over old hurt
I plant my feet in this dirt
New roots in this red earth, this sand
Healing in a stranger’s hand
I’m not going back for their storm
Here I learn a softer form
Of family made from open arms
Of every laugh, of every calm
[Chorus]
I run to the isla
let the salt wash all that pain
Lay my heavy heart in the water
let the waves unlearn my name
I run to the isla
where the sun don’t ask me why
Strangers call me sister
and the breeze just tells me try (just try)