Intro
Two weeks of sun
And I still felt cold
The sea was burning blue
But it never reached my bones
Verse 1
I walked where the sand was white
With the heat pressed on my skin
Smiled when the day required
Kept the quiet locked within
There were voices all around me
There were hands I had to hold
But my heart kept turning northward
To a rain I now call home
Pre-Chorus
And I tried to be where I was standing
Tried to breathe the life I wore
But every sunset felt like leaving
Something waiting on your shore
Chorus
I was cold under the sun
Lost beneath a burning sky
Two weeks gone, but every morning
Ireland opened in my mind
I had summer on my shoulders
I had salt upon my tongue
But I needed the warmth of Ireland
I was cold under the sun
Verse 2
Every wave came in like memory
Every night went out too slow
I could hear your laugh in silence
Feel your hand where mine let go
And the world kept calling this a holiday
Blue water, golden light
But I was counting days like distance
From the place that made me alive
Pre-Chorus 2
Because some homes are not the houses
Where your name is carved in stone
Some homes arrive like rain in Dublin
And leave fire inside your bones
Chorus
I was cold under the sun
Lost beneath a burning sky
Two weeks gone, but every morning
Ireland opened in my mind
I had summer on my shoulders
I had salt upon my tongue
But I needed the warmth of Ireland
I was cold under the sun
Bridge
I did what I had to do
Stood inside the life they see
But every road, every room, every mile
Kept pulling you back into me
Not guilt
Not escape
Not a dream I made to run
Just the truth beneath the daylight
I was cold beneath the sun
Final Chorus
I was cold under the sun
With the whole sky burning bright
Two weeks gone, but I was living
In the echo of your light
I had summer all around me
But it never felt enough
Because the warmth I found in Ireland
Was the meaning I call love
Outro
Two weeks of sun
And I still felt cold
Then I closed my eyes
And Ireland brought me home