My Shell Is Broken

I know a girl, wrote her name in the sand and we watched it wash away,
The tide went out and then we did it again but the same thing just happened, and I said
You go take a rest dear, and go warm up inside, the storm is coming inland but I want you to be fine,
And I will stand and write here, a tree branch is my pen, and I will write your name until the waves can't erase it, I promise

My shell is broken, yeah it's true,
But I will always listen to you

I know a girl who was made up of notes but I couldn't play the song,
You slowed it down and now I figured it out it was simple all along, 'cause you just
Need to pay attention to all the changing keys, and realize the major and the minor can't compete
And if I get upended, and if I lose my way, you can be my conductor and remind me what to play and I'll say

My shell is broken, yeah it's true,
But I will always listen to you