The Last Swim

Two bikes on a dusty track

Laughing as the summer called us back

Our secret spot, the river's edge

Where dreams were born, where promises were pledged

Billy led the race to the deep

Never knowing the secrets it would keep

The water sparkled, the sun burned bright

But shadows crept beneath the light

A silent danger, a current's grip

A moment lost, a life would slip

Billy, I reached for your hand

But the river pulled you from the land

Your voice still echoes in the air

A cry for help, a desperate prayer

The water's cold, the silence loud

Now I carry your name beneath this shroud

Your laugh still lingers in the trees

But the river holds you, it doesn't release

I dove again, I called your name

A friend in the water, but the river won the game

I sat alone on the empty shore

Wishing I'd done just a little bit more

I see your face in every wave

The friend I lost, the boy I couldn't save

The sun went down, the sky turned gray

And the world grew quieter that day

Billy, I reached for your hand

But the river pulled you from the land

Your voice still echoes in the air

A cry for help, a desperate prayer

The water's cold, the silence loud

Now I carry your name beneath this shroud

The searchlights came, but they were too late

The river decided, it sealed your fate

I screamed at the sky, I cursed the stream

But I can't wake you from this dream

Your smile's a memory, it's carved in stone

Now I walk this path, but I walk it alone

We were just boys, wild and free

Now it's just the river and me

The current flows, it doesn't care

It carries your name, it keeps you there

If I could turn back time, I'd change the day

I'd pull you back, I'd find a way

But life moves on, though it feels unkind

You're frozen in the river, in my mind

Your laugh was the sun, your heart the flame

Now I whisper the wind your name

I stand alone on this sacred ground

Where echoes of you still linger around

The trees, the water, they hold your light

But they'll never bring you back tonight

Billy, my friend, my brother, my soul

The river took you, it swallowed you whole

Billy, I reached for your hand

But the river pulled you from the land

Your voice still echoes in the air

A cry for help, a desperate prayer

The water's cold, the silence loud

Now I carry your name beneath this shroud

Two bikes stand still on the riverbank

One is yours, the other sank

I'll ride alone, but I'll carry you

In every sunrise, in every view

The river flows, it can't erase

The love we shared in this sacred place