I Don’t Need the Shore

I used to stand on the shoreline waiting for a sign

Holding my breath for a wave that was never mine

Kept watching the horizon like it owed me something real

Living half-alive just hoping someone else would feel

Then I stopped waiting for the water to come to me

Stepped off the sand and let the current set me free

Now I move with a power that don’t ask for permission

Every rise and fall is a choice, not a condition

They kept telling me to stay where it was safe and still

But I learned the deep is where I finally feel

I’m the ocean now, I don’t need the shore!

I rise and fall on my own terms, nothing less, nothing more!

I stopped waiting for a wave to carry me away

I became the current and I move my own way!

Yeah, I pull with purpose, I crash with grace

Call me too deep, call me wild — I’m still in my place!

I’m the ocean, baby — watch me take the space!

People keep asking if I’m lonely in the deep

I just smile and say the silence never puts me to sleep

I found a rhythm in the dark that no one else could give

I’m not searching for a lifeline — I already live

No more standing on the edge hoping someone pulls me in

I became the tide and I never looked back again

They kept telling me to stay where it was safe and still

But I learned the deep is where I finally feel

I’m the ocean now, I don’t need the shore!

I rise and fall on my own terms, nothing less, nothing more!

I stopped waiting for a wave to carry me away

I became the current and I move my own way!

Yeah, I pull with purpose, I crash with grace

Call me too deep, call me wild — I’m still in my place!

I’m the ocean, baby — watch me take the space!

And when the quiet tries to pull me back to land

I remember who I am with the water in my hands

No more needing solid ground just to feel complete

I became the whole damn ocean underneath my feet

I’m the ocean now, I don’t need the shore! (don’t need the shore!)

I rise and fall on my own terms, nothing less, nothing more!

I stopped waiting for a wave to carry me away

I became the current and I move my own way!

Yeah, I pull with purpose, I crash with grace

Call me too deep, call me wild — watch me own this place!

I’m the ocean, baby — watch me take the space!

Yeah… I’m the ocean…

I don’t need the shore…