Sugar On The Tide

[Verse 1]
Salt on my lips
Your name in my mouth
Laughing too loud
So I don’t say the truth
You lean on the bar
Two stars in your eyes
Her hand on your back
And my heart steps aside
[Pre-Chorus]
I dance in the corner (mm)
Like I’m fine
Like I’m fine
But every little shoulder roll
Is spelling out your name in my spine
[Chorus]
You’re sugar on the tide
Always slipping from my fingers
I taste you in my mind
But it fades
It never lingers
You’re right here
Still out of reach
Warm waves
Cold reality
I move my waist
Pretend I’m free
Want a man I can’t have loving me
[Verse 2]
Moon on the floor
Slow wine
Slow burn
You spin her around
I pretend not to turn
Your smile finds mine
Just a second too long
Whole room disappears
But the timing is wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
I sway to the riddim (oh)
Like that could wash you off me
But every little heartbeat hit
Falls right where your lips should be
[Chorus]
You’re sugar on the tide
Always slipping from my fingers
I taste you in my mind
But it fades
It never lingers
You’re right here
Still out of reach
Warm waves
Cold reality
I move my waist
Pretend I’m free
Want a man I can’t have loving me
[Bridge]
If I was bolder
I’d steal one night
Burn this careful distance in the pale moonlight
But I’m just humming secrets in the ocean air
You’ll never hear the words
They drown out there (oh)
[Chorus]
You’re sugar on the tide
Always slipping from my fingers
I taste you in my mind
But it fades
It never lingers
You’re right here
Still out of reach
Warm waves
Cold reality
I move my waist
Pretend I’m free
Want a man I can’t have loving me (loving me)

pop, Airy female vocals over lush ambient pads and soft Caribbean-inflected percussion; distant marimba and glassy synth arps shimmer under a pulsing sub. Verses stay intimate and close-mic, chorus widens with stacked harmonies and a lazy island sway. Reverb-drenched guitar skanks on the offbeat; gentle build to a floating final hook that fades like sunset over water., ambient