Golden Bowl

[Intro: underwater synth, liquid bass]
(bloop-bloop, ah-ah)

[Verse 1: flowing melodic rap]
Crystal walls and coral gold
Everything a heart could hope to hold
Warmest waters, nothing here to fear
Still I dream of tides that disappear
(far away, far away)

[Pre-Chorus: ascending harmonies]
I press my face against the glass
And watch a thousand oceans pass

[Chorus: soaring falsetto]
I'm swimming in a golden bowl
With the deepest ocean in my soul
Everything I need is here
So why's the open water calling?
(oh-oh-oh, calling!)
Would I trade this perfect blue
For a world that might break me in two?

[Drop: melodic 808, vocal scat]
(swim-swim, wish-wish!)
(ooh-ee-ah, ooh-ee-ah!)

[Bridge: intimate, beatless]
Maybe freedom tastes like salt
Maybe longing is my fault
But every wave I cannot ride
Leaves another ocean trapped inside

[Outro: whispered]
The water's warm...
So why am I cold?