Winter Rental, Salt on the Windows

Lyrics

Took a winter rental in a seaside town
Rent was cheap when the tourists are gone
Salt on the windows, wind in the frame
Waves on the shoreline calling my name
Fish and chips shop open three days a week
Owner knows my order before I speak
Notebook on the table, pen in my hand
Writing my verses on the edge of the land

Nobody here knows who I am
That's the point, that's the plan

Out of season, I found my voice
Quiet by the sea, no noise
Salt on the windows, bars on the page
Writing my way out of the cage
Out of season, I found my voice

Lighthouse keeper waves from the hill
Old fisherman says the sea stays still
Only when you're watching, then it moves
Same as a mind that's got something to prove
Walked the pier with the gulls at dawn
Pockets full of rhymes, heart still strong
Back in the city they're chasing the crowd
Out here the waves are the only loud

Nobody here knows who I am
That's the point, that's the plan

Out of season, I found my voice
Quiet by the sea, no noise
Salt on the windows, bars on the page
Writing my way out of the cage
Out of season, I found my voice

Three weeks gone, got a verse that's true
Called my mama and I read it to her too
She said baby that one's got the shine
Salt in the lines like the tide in time
Spring is coming, the rental's near done
But I'm taking the sea back with me, hon
The city will hear it in the way that I speak
Quiet got louder, strong and not weak

The beach in winter is honest
Nothing to sell, nothing to hide
Just water and sky, and a man with a pen
Letting the truth be the tide

Out of season, I found my voice
Quiet by the sea, no noise
Salt on the windows, bars on the page
Writing my way out of the cage
Out of season, I found my voice

Salt on the windows, tide going out
That's what the quiet was all about