Isle of Water
A song made by Benjaminkomolafe
Isle of Water
A song made by Benjaminkomolafe
ISLE OF WATER
Style: Original Afro Soul • Afro-Fusion • Cinematic • Organic • World Soul
Production Prompt
Original Benjamin Komolafe musical identity. Do not imitate any existing artist.
Warm, intimate Afro Soul with cinematic storytelling. Mature soulful male vocal. Organic live instrumentation including Rhodes piano, kora, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, talking drum, African percussion, live bass, cinematic strings, cello, soft choir harmonies, and gentle ocean ambience.
78 BPM • 6/8 • A Minor
The song should begin quietly, gradually build through each chorus, become emotionally expansive in the final chorus, and end with a soft atmospheric fade. The production should sound completely human, emotionally authentic, and world-class, with natural dynamics, rich warmth, spacious reverbs, and premium studio-quality mixing and mastering.
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INTRO
Moon on the water, silver in the night
Lanterns still burning where the fishermen hide
Salt on my fingers, red clay on my shoes
I'm chasing a shoreline that I thought I once knew
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VERSE 1
I left my mother's prayer hanging by the door
Folded in a little cloth I don't wear anymore
The buses took my daylight, the city stole my name
Now I count the seasons by the windows in the rain
I walk through streets that never learned my song
Smile at strangers while the silence grows strong
I'm a little island in a wild blue sea
If you're coming to find me, bring your faith with me
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PRE-CHORUS
Will you cross the dark where the cold winds blow
Will you hold your light when the night sits low
When the tide pulls hard and the stars are gone
Will you still believe there's a place called home
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CHORUS
Sail to me, don't run from the tide
The waves only show what we carry inside
If the sky goes dark, let my voice be your guide
Water remembers what the world leaves behind
Sail to me through the wind and the foam
Every drifting soul is searching for home
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VERSE 2
She keeps my picture in an old wood frame
Talks to the silence like it's calling my name
A child asks why his tongue sounds strange
Why his roots feel close while the world has changed
He tastes old stories in a bowl of stew
Dreams of a village that he never knew
Still the blood remembers every river and tree
Some roads leave your body but not your memory
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YORUBA INTERLUDE
Mo ń wá ilé mi nínú omi tó jin
Ìfẹ́ ni ọkọ tí yóò gbé wa dé
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PRE-CHORUS
Will you cross the dark where the cold winds blow
Will you hold your light when the night sits low
When the tide pulls hard and the stars are gone
Will you still believe there's a place called home
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CHORUS
Sail to me, don't run from the tide
The waves only show what we carry inside
If the sky goes dark, let my voice be your guide
Water remembers what the world leaves behind
Sail to me through the wind and the foam
Every drifting soul is searching for home
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BRIDGE
Storms don't ask who deserves the rain
They wash every king and every chain
Some of us became oceans because we had no shore
The wounds we survived became the maps we wore
The sea did not drown me
It taught me how to become the tide
Bend like the river
Don't break like the stone
The longest road a soul can walk
Is the one that leads it home
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FINAL CHORUS
Sail to me, don't run from the tide
The waves only show what we carry inside
If the sky goes dark, let my voice be your guide
Water remembers what the world leaves behind
Sail to me through the wind and the foam
Every drifting soul is searching for home
Sail to me, don't let go tonight
Beyond every ocean there's a waiting light
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OUTRO
The moon still watches where the old boats lie
Red clay sleeping where the rivers meet the sky
I am an island but I'm not alone
The water knows the way
The water knows the way home
