🌲 The Road, The River, The Return — Trilogy - Part III — The Return Home Again

(Deep bass + hand-drum rhythm + violin) Theme: The middle — love found, love strained, choices. [Verse 1] I met you where the river bends, Two wanderers with tired ends. Your laugh was warm, your eyes were free, And you said, “Stay a while with me.” [Pre-Chorus] We danced by lantern light at night, But every joy has shadows quiet. [Chorus] (bigger drums, emotional rise) Where the river breaks, our hearts collide, Rushing fast like the turning tide. We held on tight, we held on true, But the water pulled me away from you. [Drop] Fiddle + synth lead dancing together We were wild— We were wild— By the river wild. [Verse 2] Your hands on mine, they felt like home, But my heart still whispered, “I must roam.” You cried but smiled, you understood— Some stories end for the greater good. [Final Chorus] Where the river breaks, I had to go, Not goodbye, just a softer sorrow. Your love stays with me, pure and true— I carry the river, I carry you.