High Tide

verse 1

water at my ankles, but i kept my posture cute

desire in the doorway wearing somebody else's boots

jealousy is swimming through the pictures on my phone

grief moved all the furniture and made itself at home

hope is on the ceiling, saying maybe let it loose

fear is in the kitchen tryna bargain with the truth

verse 2

water hit my waistline, now the chandeliers sway

all the words i swallowed got a hundred things to say

tables start to drift across the crowded living room

storm clouds crack apart and let the afternoon come through

i could keep pretending, but the current knows my name

so i throw my shoulders back and meet it face to face

pre-chorus

higher on the wall, higher in my chest

everything i buried showing up overdressed

higher through the hall, spilling through the doors

let it carry what i couldn't carry anymore

chorus

high tide, high tide, coming all at once

desire, fear, jealousy, hope inside my lungs

high tide, high tide, water in the room

we're dancing with the wreckage while the storm clouds split in two

high tide, high tide, let the whole thing pour

i'm lighter in the flood than i was standing on the floor

high tide, high tide, crashing through my mind

what i tried to hold beneath me finally came alive

verse 3

sofa by the doorway, records floating near the stairs

pictures leave the hallway like they never settled there

someone starts a chorus from the middle of the flood

someone kicks the table and we turn it into love

grief becomes a partner, fear becomes a beat

hope is throwing sunlight where the water meets our feet

verse 4

i kept receipts for feelings that i swore i wouldn't spend

stacked 'em in the basement, thought the ceiling wouldn't bend

now the whole apartment got emotions doing laps

desire got the aux cord, jealousy can handle that

crying in the downpour with my eyeliner gone wild

still i hit the piano when the water climbs another mile

pre-chorus

higher on the wall, higher in my chest

everything i buried showing up overdressed

higher through the hall, spilling through the doors

let it carry what i couldn't carry anymore

chorus

high tide, high tide, coming all at once

desire, fear, jealousy, hope inside my lungs

high tide, high tide, water in the room

we're dancing with the wreckage while the storm clouds split in two

high tide, high tide, let the whole thing pour

i'm lighter in the flood than i was standing on the floor

high tide, high tide, crashing through my mind

what i tried to hold beneath me finally came alive

bridge

let the cabinets open, let the old letters swim

let the weather rearrange the shape i'm living in

all my contradictions pouring from the second floor

i can love and ache and want a little more

sunlight cuts the storm clouds, gold across the blue

i quit asking which emotion gets to make it through

chorus

high tide, high tide, coming all at once

desire, fear, jealousy, hope inside my lungs

high tide, high tide, water in the room

we're dancing with the wreckage while the storm clouds split in two

high tide, high tide, let the whole thing pour

i'm lighter in the flood than i was standing on the floor

high tide, high tide, crashing through my mind

all the girls are singing while the water meets the sky

high tide, high tide, everything arrives

grief beside the speakers, hope opening the blinds

high tide, high tide, let the whole heart spill

the room is underwater and we're dancing in it still