Where the Water Kept Our Names

Cinematic indie folk duet set at twilight on Monte Ne Cove in the Ozark hills

"Where the Water Kept Our Names"

We came down the gravel road slow tonight
Dust on the tires, sunset in the pines
World tried hard to break our hands apart
Left its fingerprints across our hearts
We carried storms in the way we breathe
Years of doubt in the space between
But the lake was quiet, the sky burned gold
And the weight of the past let go

They say a town is sleeping underneath these waves
But all I see is mercy in the way they move and sway

Here on Monte Ne cove where the water runs deep
Where the past sinks low and the night can breathe
You and me in the hush of the shoreline air
Like the world forgot we were standing there
All the battles fought, all the roads we crossed
All the nights we thought that our love was lost
Now the stars fall down on the lake so blue
And the water keeps our names for two

Your hand found mine in the fading light
Like it knew the way through every fight
Every scar was a mile we walked
Every silence a prayer we talked
There’s a calm in the bend of this quiet shore
Like the world ain’t asking for more anymore
Just your voice and the slow lake breeze
And the sound of our hearts at ease

The ghosts of yesterday drift beneath the tide
But tonight the living finally feel alive

Let the old world sleep under silver waves
Let the broken years fade away
If tomorrow comes with another storm
We’ll remember the night we were reborn

Here on Monte Ne cove where the water runs deep
Where the past sinks low and the night can breathe
You and me with the fireflies rising slow
Where the quiet hearts finally glow
All the miles behind, all the tears we knew
Led us right to this view
And the stars lean down through the midnight hue
While the water keeps our names for two

On the edge of the lake where the lost things lie
We found love that survived.

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"Where the Water Kept Our Names" We came down the gravel road slow tonight Dust on the tires, sunset in the pines World tried hard to break our hands apart Left its fingerprints across our hearts We carried storms in the way we breathe Years of doubt in the space between But the lake was quiet, the sky burned gold And the weight of the past let go They say a town is sleeping underneath these waves But all I see is mercy in the way they move and sway Here on Monte Ne cove where the water runs deep Where the past sinks low and the night can breathe You and me in the hush of the shoreline air Like the world forgot we were standing there All the battles fought, all the roads we crossed All the nights we thought that our love was lost Now the stars fall down on the lake so blue And the water keeps our names for two Your hand found mine in the fading light Like it knew the way through every fight Every scar was a mile we walked Every silence a prayer we talked There’s a calm in the bend of this quiet shore Like the world ain’t asking for more anymore Just your voice and the slow lake breeze And the sound of our hearts at ease The ghosts of yesterday drift beneath the tide But tonight the living finally feel alive Here on Monte Ne cove where the water runs deep Where the past sinks low and the night can breathe You and me in the hush of the shoreline air Like the world forgot we were standing there All the battles fought, all the roads we crossed All the nights we thought that our love was lost Now the stars fall down on the lake so blue And the water keeps our names for two Let the old world sleep under silver waves Let the broken years fade away If tomorrow comes with another storm We’ll remember the night we were reborn Here on Monte Ne cove where the water runs deep Where the past sinks low and the night can breathe You and me with the fireflies rising slow Where the quiet hearts finally glow All the miles behind, all the tears we knew Led us right to this view And the stars lean down through the midnight hue While the water keeps our names for two On the edge of the lake where the lost things lie We found love that survived.

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