Verse 1 I thought the river knew one way, Follow gravity, obey, Find the lowest open ground, Keep on going, further down. I thought maybe life was so— Choose a current, let it go. Then I watched the summer trees Pull the water through their leaves. Pre-Chorus Funny how the rules can change When something changes state. What was bound to earth one moment Finds another way. Chorus Run, river, run, As sunlight calls your name. There are ways across the mountain That don’t ask you to stay the same. Rise into the open, Let the sky become your way. Run, river, run— Come back as rain. Verse 2 I have followed darker valleys Just to see where water goes, Past the roots and under bridges, Into shadows cool and slow. Then the morning warms the surface, Something weightless starts to rise— What was running toward the ocean Now is disappearing into sky. Pre-Chorus Funny how the rules can change When something changes state. What was bound to earth one moment Finds another way. Chorus Run, river, run, As sunlight calls your name. There are ways across the mountain That don’t ask you to stay the same. Rise into the open, Let the sky become your way. Run, river, run— Come back as rain. Bridge There are mountains Rivers cannot climb. So water Doesn’t climb them. It becomes something lighter, leaves the map that said it couldn’t, crosses over as a cloud— and falls laughing on the other side. Final Chorus Run, river, run, As sunlight calls your name. There are ways across the mountain That don’t ask you to stay the same. Rise into the open, Let the sky become your way. Run, river, run— Come back as rain. Outro Fall on fields you’ve never known. Find the roots beneath the stone. Touch the leaves that touched the sky. Gather somewhere. Start to rise. And if they ask how water climbed the mountain— don’t explain. Just dance.
