The river swallows every sound It's waters heavy with forgotten cries I walk along its endless banks Carrying names that will not fade The current writes on broken stones A script of sorrow etched in rain Each step recalls what time denies Each breath a debt I cannot pay Beneath the storm the river speaks A voice that binds A voice that burns The past returns in every tide Its weight refuses to let go How long can silence carry me home? Shadows gather where waters meet Faces drift within the waves I reach for them, but only touch The emptiness they leave behind The river bends but never breaks It mirrors grief and swallows truth No dawn can wash these echoes clean The water keeps what I release Beneath the storm the river speaks A voice that binds A voice that burns The past returns in every tide Its weight refuses to let go How long can silence carry me home? Beneath the storm the river speaks A voice that binds A voice that burns The past returns in every tide Its weight refuses to let go How long can silence carry me home? How long can silence carry me home?