Flowers In The River

They said I loved too softly

Like a letter never sent

I learned to read your silence

Like it meant what it meant

You stood there like a promise

I could never really hold

Every word you whispered

Turned my hands into cold

I tried to be the brave one

Tried to swim against the tide

But loving you was drowning

In a dress I couldn’t hide

So I left my flowers in the river

Let them carry all my truth

If my heart sinks with the water

At least it once belonged to you

They’ll say I was a dreamer

They’ll say I lost my way

But I loved you like a tragedy

Written to fade away

Your eyes were full of heaven

Your hands were never mine

You kissed me like a secret

You were scared to say out loud

I waited by the shoreline

Counting hours, counting stars

You promised me tomorrow

But tomorrow stayed too far

Every girl becomes a ghost

When she’s loved and left alone

I learned the hardest lesson

Some hearts don’t make it home

So I left my flowers in the river

Let them float where I can’t go

If my name dissolves in water

You’ll still feel me when it’s cold

They’ll say I was too fragile

They’ll say I couldn’t stay

But I loved you like a fairytale

That was meant to break

If love is just a story

Then let mine be quiet and blue

No crowns, no happy ending

Just the truth

I was never made for fighting

Never made to beg or plead

I only wanted forever

You only wanted free

So I left my flowers in the river

Watched them disappear

If you ever walk beside it

Know my heart is still right here

They’ll sing my name in sorrow

Like a ghost you couldn’t save

I loved you like a promise

That the world would never keep

Flowers in the river…

That’s where I learned to let you go.