Track Insight / Lyrics
You kneel where rusted buckets bend
And tiny crabs dash to their den
A speckled shell reveals the blue
While summer keeps waiting for you
You lift a shard of glass and peer
As constellations wiggle near
A hermit crab takes one small stride
Then hides beneath the breaking tide
You kneel and tiny crabs appear
In every tide pool, far and near
They scuttle through your childhood hands
And carry you to sunnier lands
You press your ear to salted sand
And listen for their lost command
A silver minnow cuts the line
And makes the deep remember shine
You lift your shoes and wade in slow
As foamy constellations glow
The tide pool carries you once more
To every summer before
You kneel and tiny crabs appear
In every tide pool, far and near
They scuttle through your childhood hands
And carry you to sunnier lands
Hold one hiss of waves withdrawn
Let faded sunlight splash and stay
Beneath your skin the old refrain
Counts each returning step in spray
You name the hermit crab your friend
And watch his borrowed shell defend
A bright green shell beneath the stone
Turns all your blue summers to one
You kneel and tiny crabs appear
In every tide pool, far and near
They scuttle through your childhood hands
And carry you to sunnier lands
Carry you past the break of day
Where foamy constellations sway
By the time the final shadow moves
You are still a tide pool, through and through
Go softly now, the bucket sways
The low sun settles into haze
Don't go yet, let the warm spray stay
Somewhere beneath the breaking day
The shore that calls beyond the tide
Keeps all your summers at your side
