[Verse 1]
House full of echoes
Your cup on the shelf
Chair at the table
Still saving your place
Dust in the doorway
Dancing in lines
Like tiny messengers
Crossing through time
I talk to the silence
Say your old jokes
Wait for the answer
Caught in my throat
The clock keeps on ticking
Like it knows
Like it knows
[Chorus]
But love is a river made of names
Carved through the stone of our days
Even when the body fades like smoke
Every story that you started
Every hand you ever held
Keeps you moving in the current as we go
You are water in my running soul
You still flow
You still flow
[Verse 2]
I walk through the garden
You planted last spring
Little green questions
Pushing through clay
The clouds hang heavy
Like words we saved
All of the sentences
We never got to say
Your coat by the doorway
Sleeves still rolled
Carrying weather
That never gets old
I stand there breathing
Your yesterday
Your yesterday
[Chorus]
Cause love is a river made of names
Carved through the stone of our days
Even when the laughter slips to smoke
Every seed that you were saving
Every kindness that you gave
Keeps you moving in the current as we grow
You are water in my running soul
You still flow
You still flow
[Bridge]
I thought the world would crack in half
When you were gone (oh)
Thought every color would turn to glass
And every song
Would fall to the floor
Unfinished sound
But grief is a lantern
Shaking in my hands
It throws your shadow
High on the walls
You walk beside me
Not in the way I planned
But in the way
The night remembers stars
[Chorus]
So love stays a river made of names
Carved through the stone of our days
Even when your fingers let mine go
Every road that we were tracing
Every mile in rain and flame
Keeps you moving in the current as I grow
You are water in my running soul
You still flow
You still flow
[Verse 3]
Some days I’m steady
Some days I break
Fold in the kitchen
Shaking like leaves
A plate on the counter
One quiet fork
Simple reminders
Bring me to my knees
But every breaking
Opens my chest
Room for your courage
Room for your rest
I feel you leaning
Against my fear
Saying, “I am here
I am here”
[Chorus]
And love stays a river made of names
Carved through the stone of our days
Even as the seasons come and go
Every lesson you were living
Every truth you couldn’t say
Keeps on ringing in the marrow of my bones
You are water in my running soul
You still flow
You still flow
[Outro]
One day my footprints
Wash from this shore
I’ll step through the water
To wherever you are
Till then I’ll whisper you
Under my breath
Carry your thunder
Inside my chest
Love is a river
Made of names
I’ll keep on speaking
Yours again
You still flow
You still flow
(in my soul)
You still flow