[Verse 1] Black water still, don’t move, don’t breathe Moon cut thin through the cypress trees Boots sink slow in that muddy ground Like the night tryin’ to pull me down [Verse 2] Old dirt road just fades away Ain’t no light at the end these days Heard my name in the reeds last night Didn’t sound like it came out right [Chorus] Where the black water waits for me Ain’t no truth, just memory Every sin I tried to hide Still walks right here by my side Ain’t no grace in these southern skies Just ghosts and things that never die If I fall, don’t say my name Let me sink where I became [Verse 3] Lantern shakes in a broken hand Flame burns low like it understands I been runnin’ but I ain’t gone Just been hidin’ it all too long [Bridge] (spoken / low) Ain’t no road left to take… Just this water… and what I done… [Final Chorus] Where the black water knows my name I ain’t lookin’ for no change If the dark’s where I belong I been there all along [Outro] (Low guitar hum, distant fiddle… no resolution)