The Ocean Inside the Suitcase

Verse 1

Brass clasp cold against my thumb

Dust laid down like a long farewell

Folded shirts and a map of nowhere

Then the lining sighed and began to swell

Pre-Chorus

Water rising slow as a held breath

On my knees in the lantern glow

Chorus

There's an ocean inside the suitcase

Waves pressing soft against the wall

Tiny islands waking out of nowhere

And I remember everything I let fall

Post-Chorus

Hmm the tide

Hmm the tide coming in

Verse 2

Little boats with no sailors aboard

Lights strung low on a distant shore

I press my hand where the surface trembles

And the salt tastes like a season before

Pre-Chorus

The deeper I look the closer it calls

Every wave is a year I saved

Chorus

There's an ocean inside the suitcase

Waves pressing soft against the wall

Tiny islands waking out of nowhere

And I remember everything I let fall

Post-Chorus

Hmm the tide

Hmm the tide coming in

Bridge

I never knew that water kept

What my body forgot to carry

Every harbor quiet as a promise

Every ripple a name I used to marry

Chorus

There's an ocean inside the suitcase

Waves pressing soft against the wall

Tiny islands waking out of nowhere

And I remember everything I let fall

Post-Chorus

Hmm the tide

Hmm the tide coming in

Coming home