The Sealskin Bride

Intro

(oh, the sea remembers... the sea remembers...)

Verse

On a rock where the tide ran low,

Seven women came, and none would know,

Sealskins shed like a borrowed name,

Free for one night, and free the same.

A man crouched down where the reeds grew tall,

He waited quiet, and counted them all,

He took the softest skin he found,

And buried it deep in the frozen ground.

Pre-Chorus

She woke to find her sisters gone,

The tide pulled out, but she stayed on,

He said the word that no one asked,

He called it love, but it was a task.

Chorus

She wore his ring, she wore his name,

Bore him children just the same,

Some nights she'd stand by the kitchen glass,

Watching the tide come in and pass.

Was it love that kept her here,

Or the missing skin she couldn't find?

The house and the sea both called her dear,

And no one asked what she left behind.

Verse

Seasons turned like a slow-built tide,

Children grew tall at the water's side,

One found a bundle under the floor,

Brought it in not knowing what it bore.

She held the skin like an old coat found,

Felt the pull of the open ground,

Looked at the children, looked at the door,

Stood between the land and the shore.

Chorus

She wore his ring, she wore his name,

Bore him children just the same,

Some nights she'd stand by the kitchen glass,

Watching the tide come in and pass.

Was it love that kept her here,

Or the missing skin she couldn't find?

The house and the sea both called her dear,

And no one asked what she left behind.

Bridge

They call it a tale of a woman who ran,

They rarely ask about the man,

Was it a marriage or was it a cage,

Told so gently across the age?

The story never says she was wrong,

The story never says she was right,

It just says she sang an old sea song,

And walked into the water that night.

Final Chorus

She wore his ring, she wore his name, (she wore it well)

Bore him children just the same, (she loved them well)

Some nights she'd stand by the kitchen glass,

Watching the tide come in and pass.

Was it love that kept her here,

Or the missing skin she couldn't find?

The house and the sea both called her dear,

And the story leaves the truth behind.

Outro

(the sea remembers... the sea remembers...)

Seven shapes upon the sand,

One more story, nothing more,

The water keeps what the land can't hold,

An old, old tale that's often told.

Spoken

"This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Royalty of the Night"