「The Valley Remembered Us Longer Than We Did」

[Intro] [Verse 1] We played in the shallows — years before the word for grief The water was indifferent — cold and underneath the leaf We laughed at nothing — laughed because the current moved We were not yet broken — nothing yet to be disproved The valley held us gently — did not ask us to remain We left without a reason — and we never came back again [Eerie Whisper Passage] (the water is still there) (we are not) (the valley does not notice) (we are not) [Verse 2] Something lived inside that afternoon that cannot be returned The light came through the treeline — at an angle — cold and earned We were young enough to touch the water without knowing What it meant to touch a thing — while still — unknowingly — going [Dark Ambient Piano Interlude] [Verse 3] I would go back — but the valley has a different shape now Or I do — and the water runs the same — and I somehow Cannot find the angle — cannot find the afternoon The grief is not for dying — it is for leaving — far too soon (we were there) (the water knew) (we did not) [Outro]