The Bank Keeps Eroding

Verse 1

Sunday morning empty fridge and colder floors

I trace the crack that runs along the kitchen door

My mother's voice still hums inside the wall

She taught me how to fall and never look for more

I used to wear her patience like a coat

Too heavy for a boy who couldn't float

Now I pull it tight when winter gets to close

And pray that something somewhere takes the load

Pre-Chorus

But the river keeps on turning

And the bank keeps on eroding

And I keep on learning

That nothing's worth holding

Chorus

Let it move

Let it move through you

When the ground gives way

You learn to swim in blue

Let it move

Let it move on through

What breaks you down

Is what rebuilds you too

Post-Chorus

Move move move

Oh the water knows

Move move move

Where the wild grass grows

Verse 2

Tuesday night I'm counting all the people I betrayed

Small betrayals adding up to heavier weight

I borrowed every promise that I never paid

And sold my own reflection at a cheaper rate

My brother's laugh is distant like a radio

Fading in and out the further that we go

I dial the frequency but nothing seems to show

Just the hum of all the things we used to know

Pre-Chorus

But the river keeps on turning

And the bank keeps on eroding

And I keep on learning

That nothing's worth holding

Chorus

Let it move

Let it move through you

When the ground gives way

You learn to swim in blue

Let it move

Let it move on through

What breaks you down

Is what rebuilds you too

Post-Chorus

Move move move

Oh the water knows

Move move move

Where the wild grass grows

Bridge

Soft as silk and heavy as the rain

Every scar becomes a windowpane

I don't need the light to find the lane

I just need to walk and feel the strain

Maybe mercy lives inside the ache

Maybe every ending is a wake

Maybe I was never meant to take

Maybe giving is the ground I stake

Chorus

Let it move

Let it move through you

When the ground gives way

You learn to swim in blue

Let it move

Let it move on through

What breaks you down

Is what rebuilds you too

Post-Chorus

Move move move

Oh the water knows

Move move move

Where the wild grass grows