I found you walking by the shore

Salt-wet hair and eyes so blue

Like the depths of ancient seas

Where legends whisper true

Something wild about your ways

Made me want to follow you

There was magic in your smile

As the tide came rolling through

The old ones warned of selkie charm

Their songs of sea and stone

But in that moment by the waves

My heart was not my own

I know where your heart belongs

Deep beneath the waves

But I keep your freedom locked away

Just to make you stay

(Just to make you stay)

In the morning's misty light

I watch you stare across the sea

Every tear you try to hide

Cuts like daggers into me

Seven years of loving you

But your heart remains untamed

And the box beneath my bed

Holds the truth I'm scared to name

Each night I hear the ocean call

Your true name in the deep

While seabirds cry their mournful song

And secrets try to keep

I know where your heart belongs

Deep beneath the waves

But I keep your freedom locked away

Just to make you stay

(Just to make you stay)

The fishing boats are coming in

Their lights dance on the bay

While selkie songs drift on the wind

Like memories of fey

And I wonder if tonight's the night

You'll finally slip away

'Cause love should set you free

Not chain you to the land

So I'll walk down to the water

With your sealskin in my hands

Maybe love means letting go

Of what was never mine to hold

And I'll watch you swim away

Like the stories that were told

The seabirds cry your ancient name

The waves call you to roam

I finally understand at last

The ocean is your home

I know where your heart belongs

Deep beneath the waves

So I'll give your freedom back today

And let you sail away

(Let you sail away)

Your heart belongs to sea and foam

Wild and running free

In stories told by fishing folk

You'll always swim with me

Like mist upon the morning tide

Your memory remains

(Whispered echoes of your name

In waves and winter rain)