[Intro – rigid percussion fades in; brittle guitar rings in long echoes; faint ambient hum threads the space] [Verse 1 – vocals low, detached, deliberate; bass steady; drums minimal and mechanical] We built our names on borrowed ground The years dissolved without a sound The water moved, we stayed the same And learned to live inside the blame [Instrumental cue – reverb deepens; guitar drifts across the rhythm like distant memory] [Verse 2 – voice steadier, tone heavier; percussion and bass remain unbroken loop] We carried fire without the flame Believed endurance was the aim But every step erased a part Until the heart forgot the start [Bridge – instrumental; bass grows darker, drums tighten to half-time; guitar bends in slow, mournful delay] [Ambient noise swells and falls like breath through rusted metal] [Chorus – only once; vocals deepen, faint harmonies ghost behind] What the river took, it keeps The ones who wake, the ones who sleep We learned to stand, but not to mend The strength we kept became the end [Instrumental passage – guitar and bass mirror each other in slow descent; rhythm repeats like ritual] [Coda – vocals half-spoken, near whisper] No victory, no song to claim Just silence learning how to stay [Outro – percussion fades; bass holds final note; guitar lingers in thin reverb; last tone dissolves into static air]
