[Verse 1] Icicles hanging down Frozen waves cresting On the roof edge line Ice dam holding fast Silver teeth in winter’s mouth Drawing its last hard line [Pre-Chorus] Stillness that isn’t surrender Breath held under white Same teaching as the possum Waiting out the night [Chorus] This is the water’s last stand Before it sleeps The last clear word Before it seeps Not defeat, not demand Just patience in the deep This is the water’s last stand Before it sleeps [Verse 2] Up I go to break the ice Hammer and shovel in hand The roof talks back beneath my boots Says, “You’re not young, man” It’s not fear — that’s the possum’s Breath locked tight and still Stillness before the movement Before the chosen will [Pre-Chorus] Is it worth it? I know the math Risk, time, and cost But some things don’t ask permission To show you what is lost [Chorus] This is the water’s last stand Before it sleeps The last cold word Before it seeps Not defeat, not demand Just patience in the deep This is the water’s last stand Before it sleeps [Bridge] The possum never asked If playing dead was wise Didn’t weigh the odds Didn’t moralize The ice dam doesn’t ask If melting’s worth the fall It lets go slow and steady Not dying — changing all [Final Chorus] This is the water letting go Not to die But change direction Under open sky Slow and steady In a path not forced Meltwater filling spring again Returning to its source [Outro – stripped / quiet] Stillness isn’t surrender Just breath before the run The water’s last word Is always “become.”
