Ink Won't Keep You Afloat

🎶 "Ink Won’t Keep You Afloat"  


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[Verse 1]  
You don’t learn to swim  
by reading about water  
No page can teach the panic  
when your breath runs shorter  

No book can brace your chest  
for waves that won’t relent  
Or the silence down below  
where even prayers are spent  

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[Chorus]  
The ink is dry, the sea is not  
And theory fades where courage ought  
So dive in deep, don’t wait for more  
You learn to live beyond the shore  

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[Verse 2]  
You can study tides  
by candlelight and flame  
Quote the currents like a scholar  
but it won’t win the game  

When the ocean calls your name  
it’s not memory that fights  
It’s the muscle in your spirit  
that keeps you through the night  

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[Chorus]  
The ink is dry, the sea is not  
And theory fades where courage ought  
So dive in deep, don’t wait for more  
You learn to live beyond the shore  

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[Bridge]  
Let instinct write the lines  
that books forgot to say  
Wisdom lives in burning lungs  
and salt that stings the way  

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[Final Chorus]  
The ink is dry, the sea is wide  
You learn by sinking, not by pride  
So dive in deep, and fight once more  
You learn to live beyond the shore  

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[Outro – Spoken or Sung Softly]  
You don’t learn to swim  
by standing on the sand  
You learn by letting go  
and reaching with your hands  

Soul/Folk Ballad – slow tempo, acoustic guitar or piano-led, rich vocal expression