soul1 - Ashore Lyrics

Tides push back but the sins don't wash away
Salt in the breeze burn the cut where the scars remain.
I been off-grid let the phone line rot
Had to lose a couple numbers just to throw off the cops.
Waterline high but my head been above it
Prayed over bread broke it down then I cut it.
Told shorty I'd be back 'fore the tide turn over
But the night still young and my past still hover.
Gold links dangle off the neck like a loose end
Forty by the waist keep it tucked like a school sin.
Life taught patience but death taught faster
Only thing promised is the hearse or the gavel.
Moves been subtle let the current pull gentle
Still hear the echoes of the shells in the metal.
Tried to write it off but the ink don't lift
Tried to swim straight but the waves still shift.
I been out too long let the waves take me
Currents pull strong tell 'em don't chase me.
Washed by the sins let 'em cleanse my soul
If I don't make it back just know I made it ashore.
Backroads dim but the route feel certain
Burnt too many bridges just to light up a sermon.
Dirt on my name let it settle in the cracks
Ain't no clean slates when ya past hug your back.
Kept a poker face through a deck full of losses
Took the wrong steps but I still move cautious.
Whole city talk but the rumors don't phase me
Truth buried deep same place where they laid me.
Ain't no lifeboats where the real ones drift
Just a couple war stories and a wrist chain.
Still I wade through it feet cut on the coral
Pray the tide pull me somewhere more cordial.
I been out too long let the waves take me
Currents pull strong tell 'em don't chase me.
Washed by the sins let 'em cleanse my soul
If I don't make it back just know I made it ashore.