Saltwater Halo

Verse 1

Mama said the ocean heals

But this tide don’t wash me clean

Men in white boats, mirrored shades

Talkin’ like they’re kings and queens

I was small enough to disappear

In the corners of their noise

Every laugh cut through the walls

Like broken Christmas toys

Pre-Chorus

Palm trees bend like guilty saints

Moonlight hides the stains

Chorus

Oh… saltwater halo

Don’t let ‘em know my name

I carved my soul into the shoreline

So somethin’ might remain

Hey now… cold wind blow low

Carry me away

I was just a child in paradise

Where the devils came to play

Verse 2

Private planes and velvet lies

Champagne ghosts in linen skin

I learned silence from the grown-ups

And how monsters always grin

There was music from the patio

While the dark crept down the hall

I counted cracks across the ceiling

Tryin’ not to hear it all

Pre-Chorus

Every sunrise looked the same

Gold light over shame

Chorus

Oh… saltwater halo

Don’t let ‘em know my name

I buried tears beneath the black tide

And swallowed all the blame

Hey now… cold wind blow low

Carry me away

I was just a child in paradise

Where the devils came to play

Bridge

And the waves keep crashin’

But they never tell

What happened in the gardens

Behind those gates of hell

I still hear the engines

Still smell the gasoline

Still wake up with the island

Burnin’ in my dreams

Final Chorus

Oh… saltwater halo

Wash the poison clean

Let the truth rise from the water

Like a storm they’ve never seen

Hey now… cold wind blow low

Take these chains away

I was just a child in paradise

But I lived to speak someday

Outro

The tide rolls in…

The tide remembers…

The tide remembers…