[Intro]
The sea does not kneel
The shore does not bow
The wind says remember
The tide says not now

[Verse]
She stands at the port where the gulls scream white
And the ships come in like ghosts at night
An old dock worker with salt in his hands
Says we know the sound of foreign plans
They arrive with smiles and a legal phrase
With investment dreams and a military gaze
But the harbor stones and the fishing nets
Have heard all the threats that power forgets

[Pre-Chorus]
Across the water
Across the foam
No distant ruler
Can call this home

[Chorus]
No King Across the Sea, no crown over me
No empire gets to name what the people will be
No King Across the Sea, no throne in the tide
We are not a coastline for your wounded pride
Raise your voice, let the harbor ring
No free land needs a foreign king

[Verse]
She records a choir in a market square
Young and old with their fists in the air
They sing in languages the rich never learn
Like every small nation has a fire to burn
A mayor speaks under a broken light
Says we have survived more than one dark night
The sea was rough and the storms were long
But no king ever owned our song

[Pre-Chorus]
Across the water
Across the blue
Your map gets smaller
When we refuse you

[Chorus]
No King Across the Sea, no crown over me
No empire gets to name what the people will be
No King Across the Sea, no throne in the tide
We are not a coastline for your wounded pride
Raise your voice, let the harbor ring
No free land needs a foreign king

[Interlude]
No crown
No chain
No throne
No claim
No crown
No chain
No throne
No claim

[Bridge]
She thinks of every place she has been
Every broken treaty, every polished grin
From frozen north to the southern gate
The same old hunger says obey your fate
But the sea keeps moving and the people stand
With salt in their throats and drums in their hands
And the message travels on a black wind call
No king, no empire, no master at all

[Breakdown]
Your throne sinks
Your flag fades
The sea remembers
What greed made

[Build-up]
Your throne sinks
Your flag fades
The sea remembers
What greed made
Our homes rise
Your threats fall
No king across
The sea for all

[Chorus]
No King Across the Sea, no crown over me
No empire gets to name what the people will be
No King Across the Sea, no throne in the tide
We are not a coastline for your wounded pride
Raise your voice, let the harbor ring
No free land needs a foreign king

[Outro]
The sea does not kneel
The shore does not bow
The wind says remember
The tide says not now