Lyric

You walk ahead, your pace is sure

Your footprints fade along the shore

I stop right where we said goodbye

Watch the water cross the line

I tell myself I’ll move in time

But time keeps moving without mine

Left in the tide

Nowhere to hide

Left in the tide, watching you go

The world moves fast, I move slow

You don’t look back, you don’t stay

I count the waves, not the days

I’m not broken, I’m just still

Standing here against my will

Left in the tide, side by side

With what I couldn’t leave behind

You found your way, you found your calm

New beginnings in your arms

I learned how quiet hope can be

When it’s only left with me

I smile like I understand

But my feet are stuck in sand

Left in the tide

Pulled inside

Left in the tide, ankle deep

Promises I couldn’t keep

You moved on, I stayed near

Listening for you to hear

I don’t call, I don’t chase

I just stand here in this place

Left in the tide, losing ground

While your life keeps moving out

The sun goes down, comes back again

Like nothing ever really ends

But every night I stand alone

Where your absence feels like home

I know this shore can’t be my start

But leaving feels too far

Left in the tide

Still I try

Left in the tide, I pretend

This is not where I will end

But every wave that hits my feet

Says you’re gone, not incomplete

If letting go is what you did

Why am I the one who stayed

Left in the tide, asking why

I’m the only one delayed

Maybe soon I’ll learn to turn

Let the water wash and burn

Maybe one day I’ll step back

From the place I always lacked

I won’t stay here forever

But tonight… maybe never

Left in the tide

One last time

Left in the tide, I release

Not with strength, but quietly

You don’t owe me, I can see

You just chose what wasn’t me

I’ll step back when I decide

But for now I let it rise

Left in the tide, still I stand

Waving back with empty hands