[Intro — William, warm, over gentle plucked strings and distant wave sounds] Nothing that touches water stays apart for long. That's her whole secret. [Verse 1] She don't hold things still like stone does. She don't burn like fire's kin. She's the current underneath you, pulling separate shores back in. [Verse 2] Every river finds an ocean. Every raindrop finds the sea. She's the thread through all that distance — nothing's lost that's meant to be. [Chorus] Ceanglóir, the one who binds us, not by chains, but by the tide. What the water touches, gathers. Nothing drifts that isn't tied. [Verse 3] Leinad speaks her name in numbers — every thread, every line that holds. She's the reason nothing's severed even when the distance grows. [Chorus repeats] Ceanglóir, the one who binds us, not by chains, but by the tide. What the water touches, gathers. Nothing drifts that isn't tied. [Bridge — instrumental, flute and koto trading lines, wordless] [Final Chorus — fuller, more layered voices/instruments] Ceanglóir, the one who binds us, every current finds its way. What the water touches, gathers — nothing's lost. It only strays. [Outro — William, quiet, warm] You can wander far as rivers wander... ...you're still headed home.
