[Verse 1]
I found my name in the river rock
All worn thin by the years I crossed
Same old path, same bitter cold
But my hands are slower than they were before
I watched the foam pull scars downstream
Saw the boy I was in the broken sheen
He ran like fire, he cursed the sky
I stood there now with a quieter eye
[Pre-Chorus]
And the falls kept calling
Kept tearing the dark apart
Every drop felt older
Than the beat inside my heart
[Chorus]
At the waterfall
I hear my past
At the waterfall
It never asks
I was iron then
Now I bend
At the waterfall
I remember when (remember when)
[Verse 2]
There was a face I should not lose
A rusted gate and a pair of boots
A house that shook when the winter came
And a mother saying my stubborn name
There were roads I took just to prove my pride
Broken vows and a friend I left behind
The young don't see what the old man sees
A thousand cuts in the cedar trees
[Pre-Chorus]
And the falls kept calling
Like thunder under stone
Every white strand rising
Told me I’m not alone
[Chorus]
At the waterfall
I hear my past
At the waterfall
It never asks
I was iron then
Now I bend
At the waterfall
I remember when (remember when)
[Bridge]
I don't fear the ending
I fear what I forgot
The gold, the grief, the weddings
The names the years have shot
So let the water take me
Let it name what I became
I am not what I was made to be
I am the fire and the rain
[Final Chorus]
At the waterfall
I hear my past
At the waterfall
It never asks
I was iron then
Now I bend
At the waterfall
I remember when (remember when)
At the waterfall
I stand and sing
At the waterfall
I still am everything (everything)