Swift’s Legend Lingers

Verse 1

Down near Grayson, Little Sandy winds

One stream slides slow, one heart in mine

Rust red banks, moss clings to the pines

Square holes sunk deep, memories in the stone

I know, I know

Government gates hold the grass, hush the hills

Paint’s fading on the cliff, man with worn hands and a stubborn will

Lost silver calling, the river keeps still

Big rock sunk low, silence grinds what it can’t show

Chorus

Swift’s legend lingers, like lichen on a ledge

I see it in the shadows, carved right at the edge

Gone but not forgotten, stories circle wide

The mine that won’t reveal, the truth the hills can hide

Post-Chorus

I know, I know

Down Little Sandy’s flow

I know, I know

Where all that silver goes

Verse 2

Summer sun beating down, barefoot in the grass

Anaphora etches secrets, repeating what’s passed

Maybe they buried the truth, maybe some tracks last

Maybe the wind’s telling tales in a whisper lost and fast

Square holes, man-made marks in time

Churning stone in deep dusk, chasing old lines

I know, I know, Government’s drawn the line

All that’s left is a painting, a profile in decline

Chorus

Swift’s legend lingers, like lichen on a ledge

Shadows stretch thin—maybe mercy, maybe pledge

Gone but not forgotten, stories circle wide

The mine that won’t reveal, the truth the hills can hide

Post-Chorus

I know, I know

Down Little Sandy’s flow

I know, I know

Where all those secrets go

Bridge

Long hair, rough beard

Watching where the creek’s clear

Signs and symbols disappear

Disappeared, disappeared

Square holes in the stone

River’s running alone

Government’s claimed it for its own

For its own, for its own

Chorus

Swift’s legend lingers, like lichen on a ledge

I can feel a promise, carved right at the edge

Gone but not forgotten, stories circle wide

The mine that won’t reveal, the truth the hills can hide

Outro

I know, I know

Stories ebb and flow

I know, I know

And still I let it go