Where the water lilies grow

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Where the Water Lilies Grow

Intro (piano alone – 4 bars)

(soft, spacious, let the last note fade)

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Verse 1 (close, intimate — almost spoken)

I’ve been standing at the edge of quiet

watching light learn how to slow

every thought I carried in with me

finally lets me go

(small breath, don’t rush the line)

There’s a stillness I don’t question

no reason, no control

just the knowing in the silence

where the water lilies grow

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Pre-Chorus (slightly lifted, still restrained)

I don’t chase what’s calling

I let it find me whole

no need to name the moment

I already know

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Chorus (gentle bloom — violin enters here)

Where the water lilies grow

time forgets the weight of sound

every part of me that’s broken

lays it down

Where the water lilies grow

I don’t need to hold the oars

I just rest inside the current

I’ve been waiting for

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Verse 2 (same intimacy, warmer)

I’ve been learning how to listen

without reaching for the end

some things open when you stop asking

and let them in

(slight pause)

Every fear I named a warning

every loss I called my own

turns into a softer echo

where the water lilies grow

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Pre-Chorus 2 (pad opens slightly)

I don’t force forgiveness

I don’t beg the door

peace arrives when I remember

what I came here for

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Chorus (full but still floating)

Where the water lilies grow

nothing’s rushing me along

even grief learns how to breathe here

and move on

Where the water lilies grow

I don’t search the sky for signs

what was meant to meet me

arrived in time

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Bridge (drop piano, violin + pad — almost whispered)

If I’m quiet long enough

the truth comes through

not in words, not in answers

just a view

(sax enters softly here, one long tone)

I was never lost

I was learning how to stay

in the place where love is steady

and doesn’t ask me to be brave

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Final Chorus (simplified, exhale)

Where the water lilies grow

I release what I outgrew

every version of me rushing

comes unglued

Where the water lilies grow

I don’t need another role

I remember who I am

I come home

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Outro (piano returns alone)

(half-spoken, last line)

Still water…

still me.