[Verse 1] I walked to the river with a throat full of fire, Every stolen word stacked up like a pyre. They told me to swallow what should've been screamed, Told me to bury every violent dream. But the river don't sleep and the river don't lie; It knows every truth I was forced to deny. [Echo] Deny... deny... [Pre-Chorus] They say he was born from a woman's last sound, The one she was punished for keeping. He hunts for the ones who were taught to stay small And teaches their silence to deepen. [Chorus] Oh, the Blackwater Revenant, Down in the cold, dark current. Hush, little revenant, What you swallow grows claws in the dark. What you bury breaks open to bark. Words meant to break you, You're spitting them out. Feathers, feathers, ink-black truth. Oh, the Blackwater Revenant, They should fear you now. [Verse 2] I stepped where the moon made a cage out of reeds, Where the river remembers every unsaid need. Dropped each secret in the undertow's mouth, Watched the water turn sharp as it carried them south. Every word grew an eye as it sank through the black; By dawn, the river was ready to attack. [Whisper] Attack... attack... [Pre-Chorus] A feather lay wet on the chapel's old stair. Nobody dared to claim it. How little it takes to unravel a town When fear is the one who named it. [Chorus] Oh, the Blackwater Revenant, Down in the cold, dark current. Hush, little revenant, What you swallow grows claws in the dark. What you bury breaks open to bark. Words meant to break you, You're spitting them out. Feathers, feathers, ink-black truth. Oh, the Blackwater Revenant, They should fear you now. [Bridge] I know why I learned how to quiet my breath, Why I kept my voice small as death. But silence is violence when it's forced to obey, I'm done being told what I can't say. [Final Chorus] Oh, the Blackwater Revenant, Rise from the cold, dark current. Rise, little revenant, What you buried grew claws in the dark. What you silenced is tearing apart. Words meant to break us, We're spitting them out. Feathers, feathers, ink-black truth. Oh, the Blackwater Revenants, They should fear us now. [Outro] At dawn, every secret the river had kept Split open like thunder. Something answered back. [Echo] Back... back...
