Taiga black-metal / Klatovy

Intro Verse

Along the banks where waters lie
I hear the sound of rivers cry
A distant voice beneath the flow
Of things no living soul should know

Verse I

They carry names we left behind
The broken past we could not find
Each silent step, each whispered lie
Still echoes where the waters cry

Verse II

Through roots that drink the endless stream
The earth recalls each hidden dream
No word is lost, no tear runs dry
It lives within the rivers’ cry

Pre-Chorus

No breath erased, no truth denied
The rivers keep what we once hide

Chorus I

When the rivers cry at night
They reveal what hides from sight
All the sorrow, all the pain
Flows within their endless vein

When the rivers cry again
Calling out the souls of men
In their voice I hear my name
And I know I’m not the same

Instrumental Break / Chant

Rivers cry… rivers cry…
Hear the voice… don’t deny…
Rivers cry… rivers cry…
Let the past… never die…

Verse III

A face appears within the stream
Then fades away like broken dream
Not fully gone, not fully here
But something drawing ever near

Verse IV

The current bends where shadows sleep
And pulls the living far too deep
No guiding light, no distant sky
Just endless sound of rivers cry

Chorus II

When the rivers cry once more
They open up the hidden door
Every step you thought was gone
Still flows within their ancient song

When the rivers call your soul
You will lose what you control
In their depth you cease to be
What you were is memory

Bridge

Beneath the calm, the current bends
Where life and death no longer end
A deeper world begins to rise
Within the sound of rivers cry

Chant II

Cry… cry… rivers cry…
No return… no goodbye…
Cry… cry… rivers cry…
All is kept… none will die…
Verse V (AABB)

The banks collapse, the silence breaks
The water knows the path it takes
No prayer, no voice, no reason why
Can still the sound of rivers cry

Final Chorus

When the rivers cry at night
They reveal what hides from sight
All the sorrow, all the pain
Lives within their endless vein

When the rivers cry my name
Nothing ever stays the same
In their voice I’m set to die
And become the rivers’ cry

Outro

And if I stand too close, too long
I’ll be consumed within their song
For every soul must one day lie
Where ancient, silent rivers cry