[Intro]
the willow learns the rain by bending lower
and I have learned your absence much the same

[Verse 1]
No proud branch keeps the storm away
no locked door teaches night to stay
I bent, I broke, I rose again
with leaves made tender by the rain

[Pre-Chorus]
What the heart cannot command
it may still understand

[Chorus]
Willow in rain, whisper me under
tell me the soft things survive
not every sorrow must open like thunder
some become rivers and keep us alive

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
Your footsteps faded beyond the lane
I counted years by the sound of rain
but in each drop, in each blue hour
loss found root and turned to flower

[Bridge]
Bend but do not disappear
weep but remain here

[Final Chorus]
Willow in rain, whisper me under
tell me the soft things survive
not every sorrow must open like thunder
some become rivers and keep us alive

[Outro]
the willow learns the rain by bending lower