Work Text:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PG3I6FHP59xUH3AdsaBCsW64rh98q-X-/view?usp=sharing
Here's a link to me singing the song :D
Sing the bold italic part if you want to do the third voice
Remember Mum (what?) today that you are loved
(They're still so small) Think back to days in hidden caves
(I gave them everything)
They'd paint your eyes with sunsets (my saints, my sighs, my upsets)it ain't the lies or regrets
(And the days I couldn't cope)
And the waves, oh, the waves
Remember (I forgot to pack them lunches),
they are safe I am safe
(I need a drink or two) Think back
To paddling pools and rainy days where they would
Harmonize with echoes (with charcoal eyes, stilettos) harmonise your echoes
(They're not ready) Nor are you they're not ready, that is true
But the waves, oh, the waves
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
I don't want them to go I don't think I can go
Oh-oh-oh
Just tell them what your haggard mother told you long ago
Pick your chords well, loves, but sing your notes off key
You can't rehearse the chorus, but the verse is sweet
And if your voice begins to crack and you ever feel alone
They might laugh because you're leaving
But know I'll sing your name when I come home
Remember today (I know they think I'm nightmare) a nightmare
Hey, we did our best (I guessed) i'm blessed
Come paddle by the shore (and pushed them, and pushed them all) pushed them all away
You are your own magician (and by my own admission) wrapped in my ambition
Let the ocean give to you (had no notion what to do) that devotion, all from you
Its waves, oh, the waves (ah, bollocks to your waves) *laugh*
Remember Remember (please), today you're enough (don't do this, my heart is breaking)
Know they love you know I love you (but I raged!)
You tried so much (so much), you did, but so did they
We built our castles (they are my rascals) you are my vassals
Just to watch them wash away (I can't let them walk away) I won't let you fade away
In the waves (hold my hand), oh, the waves
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
I need them to stay i don't think I can stay
Oh-oh-oh
Just remember those wicked words your mother used to say
Pick your chords well, loves, but sing your notes off key
You dad will forget the words and grandpa'll forget the words (and uh, fucking bastard, what is it?) *laugh*
And if your voice begins to crack and you ever feel alone
I might laugh because I'm leaving
But know we'll sing your name when you come home, home
Home, home
Walk into your waves, my loves, tell 'em all your names See me walk into those waves, my loves, I'll tell them both your names
Go tell 'em how we failed you and gift to us all your blame I'll tell 'em how you raised me and gift to you all my blame
'Cause we'll be all that you hate about yourself so you can grow 'Cause you're all that I love about myself so I could go
'Cause life begins by leaving, and our love is shown in the letting go 'Cause life begins by leaving, and your love is shown in the letting grow
Go walk into your dawn, you snotrags, tell 'em that we never cared I'll walk into my dawn, my dear hearts, tell 'em that you always cared
Go tell 'em how we fucked you up and, oh my God, it's so unfair I'll tell 'em how you fucked me up but, oh my God, it's so unfair
We were the winter nights so you could be the morning snow You were the winter nights so I could be the morning snow
My life begins by leaving and our love is shown
In the letting go
Be good I'll be good (be good), be safe I'll be safe (be safe)
Be kind I'll be kind(be kind)
And know we'll always love you I know you'll always love me
Even though you're leaving us behind Even though I'm leaving you behind
And Be good I'll be good (be good), be safe I'll be safe (be safe)
Be kind I'll be kind(be kind)
And know we'll always love you And know I'll always love you
Even though you're leaving us behind Even though I'm leaving you behind