[Intro – Spoken Word, Over Flowing Water FX] Life don’t stop, even when we want it to. The river keeps moving. I can’t hold it still, can’t turn it back. But I can carry you in its current… And wherever it runs, you run with me. [Chorus – Falsetto, Soaring R&B] The river still runs, through the dark, through the dawn, Carrying your name in the current I’m on. Through the storms, through the breaks, through the rise of the sun, I don’t move on, but the water still runs. [Verse 1 – Fast Rap, 10 Lines] Every ripple’s a memory carved in stone, Every wave says I’m not alone. I hear you in the crash, in the rush, in the sound, Every drop on my skin’s where your love is found. I can’t fight the stream, but I ride that pain, Loss is a flood I can’t contain. Still I breathe in the mist, let the past unwind, Every current’s a thread that ties our minds. And I walk this bank with the weight of proof, The river still runs — and it runs with you. [Chorus – Falsetto] The river still runs, through the dark, through the dawn, Carrying your name in the current I’m on. Through the storms, through the breaks, through the rise of the sun, I don’t move on, but the water still runs. [Verse 2 – Fast Rap, 35 Lines] I’ve been wading through nights that won’t let me sleep, Where the silence is heavy and the shadows creep. I’ve been holding my breath in a flood of pain, But the river reminds me you’re here again. It don’t wait for the tears, it don’t stop for my cries, It just pulls me along as the time flies. So I talk to the stream like it’s hearing me, Like the water’s a bridge to eternity. Every ripple’s a prayer, every wave’s a hymn, Every drop is a way I remember him. It cuts through stone, reshapes the land, But it softens my soul when I can’t stand. I see you glow in the river’s light, Shining back on the banks at night. I’ve been lost in the rush, dragged through pain, But I rise in the flood when it speaks your name. The world keeps moving, the current shows, And I feel your spirit in undertows. I hear your laugh in the breaking waves, I find my strength in the path it paves. So I’ll wade these waters, I’ll cross these streams, Keep moving forward through shattered dreams. The river don’t stop, and neither will I, I’ll carry you with me till the day I die. [Chorus – Falsetto] The river still runs, through the dark, through the dawn, Carrying your name in the current I’m on. Through the storms, through the breaks, through the rise of the sun, I don’t move on, but the water still runs. [Verse 3 – Fast Rap, 55 Lines] I stand at the edge where the shoreline breaks, I stare at the tide for the steps it takes. Every surge, every breath of foam, Feels like you pulling me back home. I’ve been cracked by grief, torn by loss, Dragged by the current, I’ve paid that cost. But the water don’t lie, it just moves with truth, The voice of forever, eternal proof. No death can dam what love built strong, No goodbye can erase where a soul belongs. You’re the current beneath, you’re the rise, the skies, The storm in the sea, the light in my eyes. I’ve been walking these banks with a broken heart, Learning slowly not to fall apart. But the river reminds me forward’s the way, Even carrying sorrow every day. Every rock, every bend in the shore, Marks your life — I can’t ignore. It’s a cycle that turns, a song that repeats, The pounding pulse in the river’s beats. I don’t fight what flows, I just learn its path, Even drowning in tears, I can’t drown in the past. The water still whispers, the current still hums, Through silence of night, the river still runs. So I walk in the spray with my head held high, Ache in my chest but no need to hide. Alive in the rush though I’m broke in bone, Together in loss though I stand alone. Every mile it carves, every line it draws, Is a scripture of love, a natural law. You’re the echo in rapids, the calm in pools, The lesson in life, you rewrote the rules. So I flow with the flood, surrender control, Carry you stitched in the depth of my soul. No matter the storms, no matter the pain, The river still runs… and it calls your name. [New Chorus – Soaring Falsetto, Fresh Words] Through the flood, through the fire, through the weight, through the rain, You are carved in the current that carries my pain. No distance, no time, could erase what I’ve done, I move with the current — the river still runs.* [Outro – Spoken Word, Over Fading Piano + Water FX] I can’t hold it back. I can’t stop it from flowing. But maybe that’s the lesson… That love is a river. And the river still runs.
