Let the river flow in you

Lyrics

(Intro - over the reversed piano swell and hazy Juno-60 filter sweep) (Spoken, almost whispered) Let it in... Let the river flow in you... --- (Single 808 bass drum hits. Deep. The verse begins.) (Verse 1) Low ends bloom like watercolors underneath my skin The dam you built with good intentions — watch it wearing thin I can feel the current pulling where the pressure used to be And the Juno hums a prophecy you never heard in me There's a channel running ancient underneath the modern ache Every sorrow you been holding, every breath you didn't take Let the river ask the question that your spine already knows Do you fight the flood forever, or just finally let it go? (Pre-chorus - pad opens slightly) Pressure building in the chest... release... Let the levee break in peace... (Chorus - fuller but still hazy) Let the river flow in you Let it pull the wreckage through Every stone you swallowed silent Every current running violent Let the water find the ocean In the core of your devotion You don't have to hold it back Just dissolve into the black (Verse 2 - 808 hits softer now, pad deeper) I was taught to be a mountain — rooted, frozen, proud and still But mountains learn to watch the valley, never learn to break their will Now the sediment is shifting and the bedrock's turning soft And the river doesn't ask permission when it's cutting through the trough There's a mercy in the drowning if you stop the fight for air Every rigid thing you build will wash away and leave you bare Let the current take the compass, let the map dissolve to blue What's left isn't broken — it's just finally flowing through you (Bridge - pad fully open, reversed piano returns) Feel it climbing up the spine Feel it right behind your eyes This was never something you could lose This was always the river choosing you (Outro - everything filtering back down, 808 heartbeat) Let it flow... Let it flow... (Whispered) In you...