River’s Gone

(Soft synth hums, faint reverb, slow bass thump kicks in)

She was wild, like a river in the dark,

Runnin’ fast, leavin’ scars on my heart.

Eyes like storms, they’d cut me to the bone,

I held her close, but she was already gone.

Her laugh was fire, burned the air in the room,

But her tears fell heavy, like a ghost in the gloom.

I tried to hold her, keep her safe from the fall,

But her demons danced where I couldn’t crawl.

Tangled in her hair, moonlight in her stare,

I loved her crazy, but the weight wasn’t fair.

(Synths swell, bass deepens, vocal layers stack)

They say I broke her, let her slip through the cracks,

Blame me for the river, for the way it went black.

I loved her fierce, through the highs and the pain,

Where her heart went, it’s a ghost in my veins.

They curse my name, yeah, they scream I’m to blame,

But I’d love her crazy all over again.

She’d scream at shadows, ghosts that clawed at her mind,

I’d pull her in, but she was hard to unwind.

Whiskey on her lips, she’d swear she was whole,

But I saw the cracks in her fragile soul.

“Stay,” I whispered, as her eyes drifted far,

Chasin’ places where the lost ones are.

One night she left, just a note in the cold,

Found her in the river, no more stories to tell.

(Soft vocal glitch, sparse piano)

Tangled in her hair, moonlight in her stare,

I loved her crazy, but the weight wasn’t fair.

(Drums creep in, layered whispers)

They say I broke her, let her slip through the cracks,

Blame me for the river, for the way it went black.

I loved her fierce, through the highs and the pain,

Where her heart went, it’s a ghost in my veins.

They curse my name, yeah, they scream I’m to blame,

But I’d love her crazy all over again.

(Beat drops out, eerie vocal hum, faint strings)

Town keeps talkin’, sayin’ I was her sin,

But they don’t know how her heart caved in.

I see her in the stars, in the rain, in the air,

Her laugh’s a shadow, but it’s still there.

I carry her weight, though it’s tearin’ me through,

Her crazy was the only thing I ever knew.

(Full production, glitchy effects, vocal ad-libs)

They say I broke her, let her slip through the cracks,

Blame me for the river, for the way it went black.

I loved her fierce, through the highs and the pain,

Where her heart went, it’s a ghost in my veins.

They curse my name, yeah, they scream I’m to blame,

But I’d love her crazy all over again.

(Synths fade, soft vocal echo)

I’d love her crazy… till my breath’s out of time,

Through the whispers, the hurt, through the weight of the crime.

She was my wildfire, my beautiful ache,

I’ll carry her river till my heart finally breaks.

River’s gone… river’s gone…