[Intro – Distant water sounds + low choir] The river… remembers… [Verse 1 – Gritty half-spoken vocals, palm-muted riffs] Currents thick with faces I betrayed Eyes wide open, mouths still praying I float face-down in what I made A sea of sorrow, self-entombed, self-slain Bones of lovers brush my skin Regret flows cold where blood had been Every ripple shows a different me A coward drowning in eternity [Pre-Chorus – Rising strings] The water rises, fills my lungs With every song I never sung [Chorus – Full symphonic explosion] DROWN! In the river of forgotten tears DOWN! Where regret becomes the years SCREAM! But no one breaks the surface here I am the flood, I am the fear [Verse 2 – Heavier distorted guitars] Mothers cry where children fell Their final words become this swell I drank their futures, now I choke On promises I never spoke The river laughs with my own voice It knows I had no other choice It pulls me deeper, claims its own A king reduced to flesh and bone [Bridge – Slow, clean vocals with piano] I thought the current would forgive Instead it makes me live and live Each wave a scar, each drop a debt This river is a silhouette… of me [Breakdown – Crushing sludge riff] I MADE THIS RIVER! I AM THIS RIVER! [Final Chorus – Massive choir and guitars] DROWN FOREVER! In the river of forgotten tears ETERNAL! Where the damned drown without end No salvation, no last breath Only me… and my death [Outro – Fading into water and distant screams] Drifting… sinking… remembering…
