Blue lotus

[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] The sea hoards your secrets better than I ever could Folds them in foam, drags 'em down 'neath the moon's pale hood Salt stings my tongue, your name hangs thick in the air Every wave begs "stay" then vanishes like it never was there I trace the shore where warm sand bleeds into night Bare feet memorizing the sharp, cold shape of goodbye The horizon bleeds low, slow as a dying ember Like incense curling where the forgotten gods remember [Pre-Chorus] I was raised on smoke and summer's fine, drifting dust On prayers half-broken, half-frayed, half-trust Still my heart learned the bite of northern rain Learned closed doors, learned to press my palm to the windowpane [Chorus] Blue lotus glowing in the dark water's glow Teach me how to bloom, how to finally let go Your light don't shout— it breathes soft and low Like the tide pulling gentle, slow, at my bones And there you are, kingfisher eyes ablaze Storm-grey quiet, lightning trapped in your gaze You don't belong, yet you fit too well Like a foreign prayer I've memorized how to spell [Verse 2] Bee-eater slices through the scorching, burning sky A flash of color, a living, screaming cry I chased beauty once before I knew the taste of pain Chased wings through wildfire, through heat and flame Egypt in my blood, Europe in my bones Caught between old ballads and cobblestone roads I live in the middle, the in-between space Where "no one's home" feels like every single place [Pre-Chorus] You move like the river taught you how To slip through fingers, slip through the now Dark hair slick with silver moonlight's sheen Like a river stone polished sharp by the night's cold lean [Chorus] Blue lotus glowing in the dark water's glow Teach me how to bloom, how to finally let go Your light don't shout— it lingers, it stays Like breath on skin, like the fading, dying day And there you are, kingfisher eyes ablaze Cold fire quiet, burning gentle, burning brave You're not me, yet you feel like mine Like another life running right beside mine [Bridge] If I dive too deep, will I drown in you? Or finally learn what the ocean always knew That love don't cage, don't chain, don't claim It drifts, it returns, it stays just the same I don't want chains Don't want vows carved hard in stone I want tides I want the quiet knowing I'm not alone [Chorus] Blue lotus blooming 'neath moonlit waves Split open my chest, teach me how to be brave Let me float where your silence hums and sings Where broken boys finally learn to grow wings And there you are, kingfisher bright and true Storm-grey eyes holding the whole sky's blue Someone like me, someone brand new The shore I keep running, crawling, back to [Outro] Smoke in my lungs Salt on my skin Your name tangled in the tide Again and again Again and again