From the recording Broken Shell
This song "Broken Shell" is a sunset-soaked tropical R&B / pop track about holding yourself together after someone disappears with the tide.
Cold sand. Fading footprints. Moonlight on the water. Gotz turns heartbreak into a coastal scene where the waves keep moving, but the memories refuse to leave. The song balances vulnerability with quiet strength, standing tall on the outside while slowly breaking underneath. Its central image, “standin’ tall with a broken heart, like a broken shell,” captures the feeling of surviving love without walking away untouched.
Created independently by ur truly for anyone who ever been left behind but kept standing.
Lyrics
You left me with the tide today
Cold sand where your skin used to melt
I’m still here by the water, babe
Like a broken shell
If you come back, I'll be here, pray
Moon on the waves, I still feel what I felt
Standin’ tall with a broken heart, yeah
Like a broken shell
Sun on your skin that mornin’
Salt on your lips, still warmin'
Guess we looked too good together
And now you're gone
Your steps got lost in the sand
Mine never washed away, bae
Wave after wave I keep standin'
Waitin for the sun
Moon on the water, low
Wind in the palms, slow
I got that blues in my flow
I prolly never show
Strong but the sky is glown
Alone with the waves unknown
You took the sound with you
All you left is shell alone
Was it all in my head
Was it somethin’ I missed in your eyes
I still hold myself together
But gonna break with the sky
You left me with the tide today
Cold sand where your skin used to melt
I’m still here by the water, babe
Like a broken shell
If you come back, I'll be here, pray
Moon on the waves, I still feel what I felt
Standin’ tall with a broken heart, yeah
Like a broken shell