The Seahorse lyrics and design

Music: Rushana Brandanger

Lyrics: Britt Embry

Seahorse design and cover designs: Britt Embry

Underwater image (modified by Britt Embry): MN84

https://open.spotify.com/album/1jHoVi9VSFlThakVVGd5Gr

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The Seahorse 

I saw you drift alone

Into the unknown

Swept up in a blue might

Twirling in the blue light

I saw you clinging on

Until you were gone

Swept away so slight

Swirling beyond sight

Like water through the sand, I saw you disappear
I tried to follow just to keep you near

Losing you my only fear

Across the sea, I looked for thee
From shore to shore for evermore
For so long to say that I was wrong

I saw you drift alone

Into the unknown

Swept up in a blue might

Twirling in the blue light

I saw you clinging on

Until you were gone

Swept away so slight

Swirling beyond sight

I saw you drift alone

About the song:

The Seahorse is a song about taking care of what and who we love and need, be it nature, an animal or another person – or there may come a time when nothing we say or do can bring them back to us, leaving us only with longing and regret. The song was inspired by Justin Hofman's photo of a little seahorse clinging to a pink plastic q-tip, highlighting the problems that plastic is causing in our oceans. Rushana Brandanger has made beautiful music to tell the story of the words.

About the design: 

I recently heard a theory that the ocean itself has a 'heartbeat'. On the cover, the beat in front of the seahorse is a healthy heartbeat that symbolises a time before humans began their destruction. The heartbeats behind are what a heart attack looks like – and the flat line is death. Pretty serious stuff, I know, but it poured from my hand and seemed fitting.