SANTORINI (BLUE FIRE)

White walls, blue sky
I’m not ready, I’m not ready

Painted steps and sugar light
Tourists laugh in linen white
Cards swipe fast for views and wine
Down the hill the work don’t shine
Volcanic stone beneath my feet
Salt in my hair, heat in the street
I watch the day turn liquid gold
And feel my chest get brave, then cold

The sea keeps time, it doesn’t care
It takes the tears right out the air
And every church bell, far away
Sounds like a wish I couldn’t say

Santorini, blue fire, stay on my skin
I want that hush, let it pull me in
I’m standing on the edge of the light
With a heart that won’t learn to sit still at night
Santorini, blue fire, don’t burn out
Teach my mouth what hope’s about
If the stars got a reason to glow
Let me be small, let me let go

Blue domes blinking like open eyes
A vow gets made, a vow gets denied
Someone cheers with a camera raised
Someone counts coins in the shade
Harbor chains and motor hum
Night arrives like a bassline drum
I taste the smoke from distant grills
And feel old love in newer thrills

I don’t need proof, I need a breath
A quiet win against the rest
So I lean into the ocean roar
Like it can teach me something more

Santorini, blue fire, stay on my skin
I want that hush, let it pull me in
I’m standing on the edge of the light
With a heart that won’t learn to sit still at night
Santorini, blue fire, don’t burn out
Teach my mouth what hope’s about
If the stars got a reason to glow
Let me be small, let me let go

I came here thinking I’d be new
But I brought my storms, I brought them too
Still, something gentle lives in this place
Like the sea putting hands on my face

Santorini, blue fire, stay on my skin
I want that hush, let it pull me in
I’m standing on the edge of the light
With a heart that won’t learn to sit still at night
Santorini, blue fire, don’t burn out
Teach my mouth what hope’s about
If the stars got a reason to glow
Let me be small, let me let go

Blue fire
White walls
I let go
I let go