[Title: Lover’s Leap (One Kiss, One Step)] [Verse 1] New River breathing under Hawks Nest stone, Two shadows meeting where the pines lean home. Her hand in his like a desperate prayer, Moonlight caught in her midnight Hair. Father’s rope waiting, orders like a blade, She said, “Not like that,” and didn’t look afraid. They came back anyway, dusk on the ledge, Two hearts leaning past the mercy of the edge. [Chorus] One kiss, one step, and the world let go, But the wind kept their names when the river stole. If love can’t live, it can learn to haunt, It sleeps on the cliff where the hawks ride dawn. I hear them call when the night won’t rest: One kiss, one step at Lover’s Leap. [Verse 2] Boot prints side by side in the summer dew, Stop where the sky breaks open into blue. Rangers found them fading with the morning light, Like breath on glass, like a half-lived life. She lifts a hand when you speak her name, Not asking for help, just carrying blame. He stands behind her, quiet as grace, Like he’s learned to be the wind that holds her in place. [Chorus] One kiss, one step, and the world let go, But the wind kept their names when the river stole. If love can’t live, it can learn to haunt, It sleeps on the cliff where the hawks ride dawn. I hear them call when the night won’t rest: One kiss, one step at Lover’s Leap. [Bridge] She leaned to the wind, he answered like rain, The stone took the secret, the river the pain. Fate weighed the edge as the night stood still— Echo for echo, it pays the bill. [Breakdown Chorus] One kiss, one step, I still hear her breathe, “Not like that,” on the mountain breeze. If love can’t stay, it still won’t leave, It holds the ledge with a trembling plea. [Final Chorus] One kiss, one step, and the world let go, But the wind kept their names when the river stole. If love can’t live, it can learn to haunt, It sleeps on the cliff where the hawks ride dawn. If you go at night, keep your courage set: One kiss, one step. [Tag] The gorge keeps vows the living forget.
