Two Rivers One River

Verse 1

Met her down in Mostar by the old bridge stones

She was Sarajevo and I was Banja Luka bones

Her grandma hummed sevdah by a candlelight

Mine sang ganga till the moon got tired of night

Our parents shook hands at a worn-out table

Nodded slow like the river's steady fable

Then they whispered low about the war they knew

And the names the war carved on a wooden pew

Pre-Chorus

But love is love is love is love

And a heart don't read the history books above

Chorus

We're two rivers one river

Flowing past the same old stone

Two fires one fire

Burning in a house we own

If the valley wants a holy war

Let it find another door

We're two rivers one river

And this love is coming home

Post-Chorus

Home home home home

Old stone old stone old stone

Two rivers running home

Verse 2

Took her to my village up the winding track

Old men squinted asked where I been and who's she at

She gave a smile soft as shepherd's winter fleece

Said I'm from the other bank I come here holding peace

Uncle cleared his throat then poured the rakija tall

Said borders on a map don't matter much at all

When the coffee's bitter and the bread is warm

You don't ask a cloud which side it born the storm

Pre-Chorus

Love is love is love is love

And a heart don't read the history books above

Chorus

We're two rivers one river

Flowing past the same old stone

Two fires one fire

Burning in a house we own

If the valley wants a holy war

Let it find another door

We're two rivers one river

And this love is coming home

Post-Chorus

Home home home home

Old stone old stone old stone

Two rivers running home

Bridge

And the ones who fell before us

In a war of dusty names

They whisper through the wire

That a love is not a game

They paid with all their breathing

For a line upon a chart

So I hold her in the morning

And I swear to do my part

Chorus

We're two rivers one river

Flowing past the same old stone

Two fires one fire

Burning in a house we own

If the valley wants a holy war

Let it find another door

We're two rivers one river

And this love is coming home

Post-Chorus

Home home home home

Old stone old stone old stone

Two rivers running home

Outro

Running home

Running home

Mm mm

Running home