Rivers Don't Bend

(Verse 1)

Your hands were warm in the autumn light

Leaves fell slow, like time held tight

I traced your name in the windowpane

But the glass just blurred it back to rain

(Verse 2)

We spoke in whispers, in borrowed dreams

Underneath the willow tree

But the wind pulled words right from our lips

Tangled ‘em up, let ‘em slip

(Chorus)

Rivers don’t bend just for love

Stars don’t fall ‘cause we wish them above

And no matter how soft, no matter how true

The world keeps pulling me away from you

(Verse 3)

Morning came like a quiet thief

Stole the night and left us grief

I saw the ocean in your eyes

But the tide was leaving with the sky

(Chorus)

Rivers don’t bend just for love

Stars don’t fall ‘cause we wish them above

And no matter how soft, no matter how true

The world keeps pulling me away from you

(Outro)

So I’ll carve your name in the sycamore

Where time will take it slow

And if fate won’t let us meet again

At least the roots will know