Once Upon The Tide

-Once upon a time, in a restless tide

there was a name the oceans couldn’t hide

Drums in the harbor, boots in the sand

a reckless boy with a map in his hand

-Hear the call, let the banners rise

wind in the sails and fire in his eyes

Sing it loud, let the story begin

the sea don’t wait for the ones who don’t win

Verse 1

He carved his path where the storms collide

every scar just another guide

No crown, no throne, no place to belong

just a broken compass pulling him on

They said “turn back”, he laughed instead

chasing legends the old world fled

Every night with the waves that scream

he built his fate from a fever dream

Pre-Chorus

Voices in the tide call his name

whispering glory, feeding the flame

Step too close, there’s no return

cross that line and let it burn

Chorus – Heavy / Epic

Raise the black, let the sky fall down

no mercy left in this drowned-out town

If the sea takes me, let it be known

I claimed the dark like it was my own

Break the chains, let the thunder roar

I’m not the man that I was before

If I sink beneath the endless blue

I’ll take the world before I do

Verse 2

Blades clash hard in the pouring rain

every victory tastes like pain

Gold runs red through his open hands

nothing stays, nothing ever stands

Crew long gone, just ghosts remain

echoes stitched in his fractured brain

Still he sails where the lost ones go

to a place that the maps won’t show

Pre-Chorus

Shadows move in the ocean deep

secrets the silence swore to keep

Every step is a debt he pays

to the past that never fades

Chorus – Heavy / Epic

Raise the black, let the sky fall down

no mercy left in this drowned-out town

If the sea takes me, let it be known

I claimed the dark like it was my own

Break the chains, let the thunder roar

I’m not the man that I was before

If I sink beneath the endless blue

I’ll take the world before I do

Bridge

Once a boy with a borrowed dream

now a name in a dying scream

No way back, no shore to find

just the storm and a fractured mind

If the legend twists into lies

let it live where the horizon dies

I won’t fade, I won’t be still

I am the storm they tried to kill

Final Chorus

Raise the black, let the sky fall down

hear my name in the ocean’s sound

If I vanish into the night

I burned my path in endless fight

Break the chains, let the thunder roar

I became what I feared before

If I sink beneath the endless blue

I’ll take the world before I do

Outro

Once upon a time… they said his name

now the sea will never be the same