Track · Jun 10, 2026 · English

Red Ribbon Lake

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Duration

4:49

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I met you by the fairground gate

With a pink ribbon in your hair

You laughed at the cotton candy man

And said, “Meet me anywhere”

We carved our names on the old wood bench

By the lake where the willows bend

You swore that night would never end

And I swore I’d be your end

[Pre-Chorus]

Then the rain came hard

On the county road

Headlights broke the dark

And the cold wind blew

[Chorus]

Red ribbon lake

You went away

Red ribbon lake

I still call your name

(oh baby, come back)

My soul keeps screaming

Red ribbon lake

[Verse 2]

The sheriff said it plain and low

By the porch with the screen door shut

Your mama gripped her kitchen cloth

Till her fingers turned to dust

They laid you out in Sunday blue

With lilies at your feet

I kissed your hand and felt my heart

Fall through the chapel seat

[Pre-Chorus]

Then the bells rang soft

But I heard no sound

When they closed that box

I was underground

[Chorus]

Red ribbon lake

You went away

Red ribbon lake

I still call your name

(oh baby, come back)

My soul keeps screaming

Red ribbon lake

[Bridge]

At midnight I walk that broken pier

And the boards still know my cry

I see your face in the water black

And I beg the dark, “Don’t lie”

If love can live after skin and bone

Then meet me where the reeds grow thin

I’m half in earth and half in flame

Since the night they took you in

[Final Chorus]

Red ribbon lake

You went away

Red ribbon lake

I still call your name

(oh baby, come back)

My soul keeps screaming

Red ribbon lake

Wait for me there

Red ribbon lake

I’m already half-way

(hold me, hold me)

My soul keeps screaming

Red ribbon lake

Style

50s torch ballad with doo-wop shadowsslow 6/8 swaymournful brush drumsupright basstrembling electric guitar fillsand close-harmony backing vocals; verse tells the story with sparse piano and room tonepre-chorus lifts on held chordschorus lands in aching three-part harmony with a cracked lead vocalecho tails on the anchor phraseand a final verse strips to voice and bass before the last chorus swells with string-like organ and distant handclaps. intimatedustycinematic mixsoulsombre

Prompt

50’s love song, story telling (think Teen Angel). Sombre, dark, mournful. One of the couple dies, the other’s soul is screaming… I want to feel their grief and pain.

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Brigids_Hearth

GeneratedJun 10, 2026

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