“Saltwater Heart” is the 10th track on Switchfoot’s 2013 album, Fading West. On a livestream in October 2020, lead singer Jon Foreman said that he began writing the song in a parking lot in the middle of Canada, and finished writing the song in Bali whilst filming Fading West, the album’s eponymous...
[Verse 1]
Talking with myself in a land-locked parking lot
Cough drop dripping from my mouth like a long shot
My writer's block ink, oh woah oh
Sick of all the small talk, dripping non-stop
From the open-mouth graves of the faux hawk cinderblock malls
My blood clot pen, oh woah oh
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh maybe I could break clean
Yea, maybe I could break clean
[Chorus]
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
I can feel your open arms
Like pure emotion
I'm finally free again
Like my own explosion
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
[Verse 2]
Saltwater running through my veins like a blind spot
Like I got caught, saltwater like a tear drop
With this saltwater heart oh woah oh
Now it's an abstract thought but I've been thinking non-stop
'bout the fact that my body's made most out of rain drops
With this saltwater heart oh woah oh
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh maybe I could wash clean
Yea, maybe I could believe
[Chorus]
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
I can feel your open arms
Like pure emotion
I'm finally free again
Like my own explosion
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
[Bridge]
Oh maybe I could wash clean
Yea maybe I could wash clean
All my land-locked dreams
And maybe I could believe
[Chorus]
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
I can feel your open arms
Like pure emotion
I'm finally free again
Like my own explosion
When I'm on your shore again
I can feel the ocean
I can feel the ocean
Saltwater Heart was written by Jon Foreman & Tim Foreman.
Saltwater Heart was produced by Jon Foreman & Neal Avron & Tim Foreman.
Switchfoot released Saltwater Heart on Mon Jan 06 2014.