[Intro – Violent Rain + Water Movement]
[Heavy breathing]
You ever get so tired…
you stop runnin’?
[Thunder shakes the mix]
That’s where I was.
Knee-deep in black water…
with nowhere left to hide.
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[Verse 1]
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River rise high around midnight hour,
Swallowin’ roads, trees, and power.
I stood alone where the levee broke,
Holdin’ every lie I ever spoke.
Gold faded dull underneath the rain,
Couldn’t flex my way outta pain.
All the women, liquor, money, pride—
None of it survived inside.
I heard my daddy’s voice in the storm,
Heard old church hymns half-torn.
Heard every ghost I dragged this far
Finally callin’ me from the dark.
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[Hook – Choir + Deep Bass]
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When the water call my name…
Will I answer?
Will I change?
When the black tide pull my soul…
Will grace still reach me below?
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[Verse 2]
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I thought survival made me strong,
Till loneliness proved me wrong.
Built my whole life like armor plates,
Still couldn’t outrun inherited weight.
The swamp don’t care about your image,
It strip men down to spirit.
And somewhere underneath all my fear—
Was just a wounded child standin’ here.
Rain hit hard on my skin like truth,
Every drop expose abuse.
Every sin I hid beneath success
Rose back up demandin’ confession.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Choir]
Lord…
if You still listenin’…
I ain’t got no performance left.
No chains.
No velvet.
No lies.
Just me.
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Black water wash across my chest…
Tryna find what goodness left.
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[Verse 3]
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And maybe that’s where healing start,
Not in strength but broken hearts.
Not in runnin’ from the pain,
But standin’ still inside the rain.
So I let the river speak my truth,
Let it expose what I became through wounds.
And for the first time in my life—
I stopped fightin’ the night.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Orchestra]
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When the water call my name…
I won’t run…
I done hid long enough from what I become.
When the black tide reach my soul…
Lord don’t leave me below.
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[Outro – Water Slowly Calming]
[Thunder fades into silence]
The river didn’t kill me…
it showed me myself.
