Lyric

I walked where the reeds lean low

My shoes in the mud, so slow

The moon wore a veil of bone

And the trees stood close like stone

There was glass on the water's skin

Like a face that would not speak

I heard my own breath come back

From the hush along the reeds

And I knew, I knew

That the night had a name

Every branch bent down

Like it was hiding blame

The lake keeps a secret

It keeps it for me

The lake keeps a secret

In the dark where I breathe

Oh, it knows my footsteps

Oh, it knows

Oh, it knows my plea

There was something in the mist

With a ring of broken light

A little pale handprint

On the dock from the night

I called out once, then twice

To the girl I used to be

But the water only blinked

And would not answer me

And I knew, I knew

What the cold was made to say

Some things sink so deep

They learn to stay away

The lake keeps a secret

It keeps it for me

The lake keeps a secret

In the dark where I breathe

Oh, it knows my footsteps

Oh, it knows

Oh, it knows my plea

If you find me by the shore

Do not ask me what I lost

I have fed that quiet mouth

At a cost, at a cost

Let the willow guard my name

Let the moon take off its crown

I was never quite alive

Till the water pulled me down

The lake keeps a secret

It keeps it for me

The lake keeps a secret

In the dark where I breathe

Oh, it knows my footsteps

Oh, it knows

Oh, it knows my plea

Hush now

Let it sleep

The lake remembers

Everything it keeps