Love in the waves

Boy from the coast, bare feet in the sand

You had my name in your little left hand

Sun on the porch, waves crash on the sand

You looked at me and I lost control

We used to laugh past the rain on the tin

You’d sneak a kiss like a game you could win

I was so young, I couldn’t stay still

Love came close and I lost my chill

When you said forever

My chest got tight

I wanted your hand there

I ran that night

I acted so cold

But you know the truth

I was scared of the love

I had with you

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

I just got scared, baby

Scared of the truth

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

Now it’s just your name

Living in the room

I took the road where the hills turn dry

Left that water and that blue-green sky

New town, new walls, new lonely floors

But your smile kept knocking at my doors

I heard your laugh in a stranger’s voice

Saw your face in every song and every star

Tried to move on, tried to let you go

But love don’t leave when it’s told no

Years went by slow

Like a worn-out song

I kept your shadow

All along

Then one hard day

The world went still

And I learned too late

What time can kill

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

I just got scared, baby

Scared of the truth

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

Now it’s just your name

Living in the room

They said you left, and I could not breathe

My whole life folded underneath me

I should’ve stayed, I should’ve fought

Should’ve held on to every shot

Now I talk to the sea at dusk

Tell it your name, tell it my heart broke

If love is a place, then I’m still there

Barefoot in the sand, with my hands in prayer

The tide always comes back

But some things don’t.

If I could borrow back one day

I'd run it down your little lane

Stand right there before goodbye

And say your name with open eyes

I would not waste one beat

I would not let silence speak

One true love

That was you

Now I sing to the sea

What I should've told you

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

I just got scared, baby

Scared of the truth

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

And I’ll carry you

All my days through

I never stopped loving you

Never stopped loving you

Till my last breath goes

I’ll be loving you