The growing ring

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About this song

The first song of The Second Corollary. A coral reef speaks to the island it was born on: as the island sinks into the sea, the ring keeps its shape and holds to the light.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was born on your stone
Salt on my face
You rose through the tide
Black against gray
Now the water takes more
Each season, each span
I watch your hard shoulder
Sink back to sand

[Verse 2]
In the dark under foam
Your shadow grows thin
The line on the cliff
Keeps crawling in
I lay my small shelves
Where your cold ridges were
Stone by stone, grain by grain
I climb for your light

[Pre-Chorus]
Tide after tide
I hold what I can
Salt in the cracks
Salt in my hands
The sea keeps its pull
The years keep their pace
So I reach higher out
And keep your shape

[Chorus]
Hold to the light
Hold to the light
I ring your silence
Hold to the light
Up through the salt
Up through the night
I ring your silence
Hold to the light

[Verse 3]
Your peak goes dim
Your edges go wide
The lagoon fills slow
With moon and sky
No wall left standing
No black ridge above
Just pale ribs below
And a clean blue hush

[Pre-Chorus]
Tide after tide
I hold what I can
Salt in the cracks
Salt in my hands
The sea keeps its pull
The years keep their pace
So I reach higher out
And keep your shape

[Chorus]
Hold to the light
Hold to the light
I ring your silence
Hold to the light
Up through the salt
Up through the night
I ring your silence
Hold to the light

[Bridge]
Then the last stone slips
Into deep green calm
The rim stays bright
Around the still lagoon
No height remains
No cliff, no crown
Only a ring of coral
Where your shade came down

[Final Chorus]
Hold to the light
Hold to the light
I ring your silence
Hold to the light
Bright in the salt
Bright in the sky
I keep your shape now
Hold to the light

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