CAPE COAST STORIES

[Intro – Ocean waves + soft choir]

I stood by the water…

And the ocean didn’t sound the same anymore.

It sounded…

Heavy.

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[Verse 1]

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White walls standing by the sea,
Wind blowing like a memory.
I walked through doors so small and cold,
And felt the weight of stories untold.

Guide said “stand right here a while,”
But I couldn’t even fake a smile.
Cause every stone and every chain…
Still whispering names.
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[Hook]

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Cape Coast stories in the sand,
Written by time, not written by hand.
Ocean keep secrets deep and wide…
But the waves still cry.

Cape Coast stories in the wind,
If you listen close you hear them again.
History don’t ever really leave…
It just breathes.
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[Verse 2]

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I went outside and saw the sun,
Children laughing, people run.
Life still moving, bright and free…
Right beside that history.

And I realized standing there…
Pain and beauty share the same air.
And the same ocean that carried pain…
Now carries music again.
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[Hook]

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Cape Coast stories in the sand,
Written by time, not written by hand.
Ocean keep secrets deep and wide…
But the waves still cry.
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[Bridge – Spoken]

You can’t understand the music…

If you don’t understand the history.

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[Final Verse]

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So I stood there one more minute more,
Then I turned and walked back toward
The sound of drums, the sound of life…

And the sound
of people still dancing.
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[Outro – Choir + ocean fade]

Yeah…

The ocean remembers.

But so do the drums.

And the drums…

Are still playing.

Highlife guitar, soft strings, piano, talking drum, bass guitar, choir vocals, light percussion, kora, male