🎵 Title: The River Knows My Name

(Verse 1) I don’t come here for mercy, I don’t come here to pray. I just sit with my old regrets And watch them float away. The trees don’t ask no questions, The sky don’t say my name, But the river — oh, the river — She knows it just the same. (Chorus) The river knows my name, Knows the stories I don't tell. She don’t judge the weight I carry, Or the times I slipped and fell. She just keeps on rollin’, Through the ashes and the flame, She don’t ask for nothing — But the river knows my name. (Verse 2) I buried love in silence, I drank my share of blame. I spoke to ghosts in hotel rooms, But they all left the same. Now I sit in fading twilight, Too tired to chase the shame, And I let the water answer — ’Cause the river knows my name. (Chorus) The river knows my name, Knows the parts I tried to hide. She don’t need no explanation, She just pulls me to her side. She don’t care what I believe in, Or the things I couldn’t change — She just listens like a mother, And the river knows my name. (Bridge) So if they lay me down tomorrow, Let it be near where she bends. Let the last sound that I hear Be the hush that never ends… (Final Chorus) The river knows my name, More than any stone or flame. Let the world forget I walked here — But the river knows my name.