said the sea to the shore when the evening tide came in i am here to tell you tales of where ive been into shells ive whispered my love songs in secret rhyme and left them at your door for you to find ive tempered the force of my waves when your gods would roar and took care of the ships full of men you sent off to war i have longed for you for so long said the sea to the shore said the shore to the sea you left me here so long i was promised to the moon while you were gone he waited here until the brightest night to demand my hand under his fullest light and promised hed always be there to watch over me oh why did you wait til now said the shore to the sea said the sea to the shore i swore that id return and here i am with all that i have learned i can hold you now with arms of foam and spray touching you at the coming of dusk and the breaking of day smoothing out the folds on every stone oh please dont say you ll leave me here alone said the shore to the sea youve said all these things before and i tell you i cant hear them anymore there was a time once id have given in id hear your savage whitecaps rolling in your troughs would come up slow beneath my chin your mist would kiss me softly on my skin leaving salty trails where you had been my legs would give out in your undertow oh but sea that was a long long time ago so the sea took one last look and turned away and the shore was more than strong enough to stay and castles melted back into the sand driftwood drifted up onto the land rocks rose up proud in shiny skin and shells began their gossiping again