[Intro – Water Dripping + Organ]
[Slow thunder rolling]
Some nights…
the water look black enough to swallow God Himself.
[Deep bass hum enters]
And still…
we pray beside it.
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[Verse 1]
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Black water movin’ slow beneath the bridge,
Moonlight tremble like a guilty wish.
I stood alone with my hands in my coat,
Tryna keep old pain from floatin’ to the surface.
The South raise men to hide they tears,
So we pour ‘em into bottles for years.
Smile in daylight, drown after dark,
Carryin’ wounds nobody talk.
Mama prayed hard while daddy drank harder,
Both just tryna survive they disorders.
And somewhere between church bells and blues,
I learned broken people still seek truth.
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[Hook – Choir + Organ]
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Black water psalm…
Wash over me…
Clean these ghosts that still haunt me.
Black water psalm…
Carry my pain…
Lord don’t let me drown in rain.
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[Verse 2]
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Bourbon lights glow through the humid haze,
People chase pleasure to escape they graves.
Music loud but the hearts still tired,
Everybody burnin’ with invisible fires.
I done seen saints lose they way at night,
Seen hustlers kneel underneath streetlights.
Seen women dance like sorrow in silk,
Seen men hide fear behind Southern charm built thick.
That’s why the bayou feel holy and cursed,
Like heaven and hell both thirst.
And every prayer I whisper low
Sound heavier where the black water flow.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Choir]
Lord…
if You still walk these swamps…
come find me here.
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Deep water…
Cold night…
Keep my spirit near the light.
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[Verse 3]
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Maybe redemption ain’t clean at all,
Maybe grace still crawl through fog.
Maybe God sit beside the pain,
Listenin’ while the blues guitars sing.
So I keep prayin’ beside these tides,
Even with darkness in my eyes.
Because somewhere underneath this storm—
I still believe rebirth possible.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Brass]
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Black water psalm…
Hear my plea…
The swamp still got its hands on me.
Black water psalm…
Lead me through…
Before the dark pull me from You.
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[Outro – Water + Thunder Fading]
The river keep movin’…
even when the soul stand still.
