Down at the Rock Hole

© Copyright 2025 SonicSketch https://suno.com/@sonicsketch [Verse 1] You said, “come down past the sycamore bend, Where the air turns warm and the blacktop ends.” I found your footprints in the river silt— Even after all these years, there's still the love we built. [Verse 2] You left and the hills went dark with mine, But I kept hope, and I watched for signs. Folks forget how the water speaks— How it pulls at your mind when you dare to sleep. [Chorus] Down at the rock hole, where we used to swim, Moon in the branches, the world grown dim. You took my hand like you always did— But somethin’s movin' deeper than this hole in the crick. [fiddle glissando: watery, off-key, rising then sinking] [bgv: faint droning low tone begins under last two lines] [Verse 3] You laughed, then swam to the far-off side, Hair like a shadow trailin’ in the tide. Nothin’ had changed—no ring, no vow— But your eyes ain’t the same as I remembered, now. [Verse 4] Don’t ask what I seen or what I know. It ain’t for tellin’, not while we float. Just feel the hush that the water keeps— You don’t need words when the dark runs deep. [instrumental break under last line: [Chorus] Down at the rock hole, naked and near, Heartbeats louder than the things we fear. You kissed my lips, and I kissed back— But the stars above had turned pitch-black. [Bridge] “Can’t stay too long when the sky goes still…” “What do you mean—tell me what’s real?” “You’ll know it by the hush and by the chill—” “You’re not the one that I kissed down by the mill.” [Final Chorus] Down at the rock hole, under breathless trees, You held me close, in the cool of the stream. There’s love in the current, but somethin’ else too— And I don’t know what it’s turnin’ us into. [Outro] Come swim with me… just one more time.