Final River Rise

Verse 1

Staring

At a cold brick wall

Thinking back on when the rain would fall

Broken bottles

Bitter blood

Buried in the Houston mud

I watched the older ones get swept away

Nobody had a word to say

Not a sound

The silence weighed a thousand pounds

I saw him reaching for a ghost

The thing he hated most

Was looking weak

Blood on his cheek

But he never let a single teardrop leak

Chorus

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why

I never understood why

Verse 2

Corner store

Closed up tight

Another brother lost his soul tonight

Hollow points

Heavy lead

Wishing he was home in bed

Instead he's laying on the concrete floor

Begging for a little more

Just a breath

Dancing with the hand of death

Funny how the pride just disappears

Mixed with all the hidden fears

It finally broke

Through the thickest smoke

He finally found the salt and let it soak

Everything he held inside

Washed away with the tide

The salt

The fault

The end of the asphalt

Chorus

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why

I never understood why

Bridge

We grow up tough

We grow up cold

Doing exactly what we're told

Hide the pain

Hide the strain

Hide the marks from the heavy chain

But when the lights go dim

And the cup is at the rim

The truth comes out

Without a doubt

Verse 3

Empty

Gravel pit

Wondering if this is it

Watching eyes

Slowly fade

Thinking 'bout the choices made

The mask he wore for twenty years

Dissolved into a pool of tears

He let it go

Let the water flow

The only way a man can show

That he's human after all

Right before the final fall

No more lies

Underneath these Texas skies

He closed his lids

For his wife and kids

And finally let the river rise

Chorus

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why I could never see a man cry

Until I seen a man die

I never understood why

I never understood why

Outro

Just a man

Just a body on the ground

No more words

No more sound

Yeah

Keep it real

Before you lose the chance to feel

The water falling

The reaper calling

Rest in peace

Rest in peace