a girl is sitting on rocks under a bright light

Scene: A shimmering, coral cavern bathed in moonlight. Ariel, not a teenage princess, but a siren of the deep, sits on a rock, scales shimmering like amethysts. Her voice, deep and haunting, echoes through the cavern. Verse 1: Sun streaks through the waves above, a teasing glimpse of gold, A world of laughter, dancing lights, stories untold. They walk on land, breathe air they share, a language I can't speak, Yet every beat of my ocean heart yearns for the shore I can't reach. (Camera pans across the cavern, revealing other sirens, their faces etched with longing.) Chorus: Oh, to trade my fin for legs to stride, to feel the sun on skin, To trade my voice for laughter light, and dance where shadows spin. To wear a smile, to weave a world, where dreams like seafoam rise, To be a part of their brief light, beneath the painted skies. (Ariel closes her eyes, her voice soaring as she imagines the human world.)