Seahorse
Little monster got swept away.
The water is swallowing me.
[INTRO]
I know the fear of being seen.
I know the weight of being perceived.
Little one,
I see you spiraling.
I see the monsters you carry.
I see the ones you try to hide.
I am not afraid of them.
I am Seahorse.
I am the deep that holds you.
I am the current that moves you.
Seahorse stay steady.
[VERSE 1]
Little one inside says:
"I change my color to blend in.
I curl up and hope they don't see me.
I am not here."
But it is still coming for me.
The heat pulls me under.
I split in two.
One of me is watching.
One of me is growling.
I am not myself.
I darken under the pressure.
I am no longer blending.
I am being perceived.
Then I go still.
I play dead.
The water is rising.
And I am left with the monster.
[SEAHORSE REPLIES]
The monster is the wave, not the ocean.
The monster is the shame of the reaction.
The wave passes.
The ocean stays.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Little monster got swept away.
The water is swallowing me.
The current's too strong.
Couldn't hold on.
The little one inside is thrashing.
[CHORUS]
This is just a feeling.
The spiral will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
The current will calm.
This is just a feeling.
The thrash will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
Seahorse stay steady.
[VERSE 2]
Little one says:
"That didn't feel good.
It was very scary.
I used to live in this state.
I have come a long way."
I just want to be better for my future self.
I am doing this hard thing now so that
someday I will thank myself.
I am ready to move differently.
The current calms.
The wave is gone.
I made it through.
I am coming back to myself.
Seahorse sways.
She says:
"Be gentle with yourself.
Patient with your healing.
Move with the flow.
And when the current is strong, hold on.
Hold on for her.
Dance with yourself.
Show up for the little one inside."
[CHORUS]
This is just a feeling.
The spiral will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
The current will calm.
This is just a feeling.
The thrash will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
Seahorse stay steady.
[BRIDGE]
The monster is a wound that needs to be reframed.
The monster is the messenger.
One day, the wound will be the teaching.
Hold when you need to.
Blend when you need to.
Growl when you need to.
You are the ocean, not the wave.
[CHORUS]
This is just a feeling.
The spiral will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
The current will calm.
This is just a feeling.
The thrash will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
Seahorse stay steady.
[OUTRO]
I can feel the light even in the depths.
The moon pulls the tide.
The tide pulls me.
I am perceived and I am still me.
The feeling will pass.
Seahorse stay steady.
