[Verse 1 — low piano, restless percussion] I open gates to keep your porch dry Build higher walls each time you cry I save the valley from a flood You show me one drop in the mud [Pre-Chorus — counterpoint vocals] Beyond the wall my fields are bare I send the rain everywhere but there [Chorus — cathartic, layered] I'm the river I keep refusing Every current turned away I give you all the water moving You count the drops I couldn't save I want to break this dam to pieces Let the empty valley bloom But homes stand right below the spillway I can't erase them to make room (My room, their room) [Verse 2 — muscular bass] I hear my own banks calling me A life I never let run free [Bridge — instruments fall away] Must love be measured by what's spent? Must staying mean there's nothing left? [Final Chorus — bright major lift] I'll build a gate for my own river Not a flood and not a lie I can guard the homes below me Without draining mine bone-dry (Let it flow, let it flow)
