[ Featuring Echo ]
A shoreline whispers softly where the water meets the sand
Every wave a fleeting promise slipping through my hands
The autumn air is heavy, painted gold and bittersweet
And every step I take just leads me back to incomplete
The seasons shift, but I stay still
A quiet ache I can't quite fill
Falling leaves and rising tide
The earth and sea can't coincide
Caught between what fades and grows
A part of me still wants to know
If there's a place where we belong
Or if the current's moved us on
The air is sharp with memories, the kind you can't outrun
They circle like the seagulls in the dimming of the sun
I watched your shadow stretching as it vanished with the day
And now the stars are strangers, lighting someone else's way
The moon pulls hard, the waves obey
But I'm still here, I'm torn, I stay
Falling leaves and rising tide
The earth and sea can't coincide
Caught between what fades and grows
A part of me still wants to know
If there's a place where we belong
Or if the current's moved us on
I built a castle once, but the waves pulled it down
Every grain of sand returned to the ground
Still, I stand at the edge where the ocean unwinds
Searching for answers in the ebb and the rise
Falling leaves and rising tide
The earth and sea can't coincide
Caught between what fades and grows
A part of me still wants to know
If there's a place where we belong
Or if the current's moved us on
The tide retreats, the leaves still fall
And maybe we were never here at all
But I'll stay with the changing skies
Falling leaves and rising tide
