[Intro Instrumental]
(28 seconds – nylon fingerstyle + swelling clean electric bends + soft Leslie organ + brushed drums)

[Verse 1]
(Male, intimate, low and warm)
Your skin feels like the night just learned how to sigh
Moonlight drips down your shoulder, slow as a lullaby
I’m not moving, darling, I’m only falling through you
Every breath you let go pulls me in a little more
Mmm, stay right here… let the hours ignore us

[Pre-Chorus]
(Female, silky, overlapping)
Let the river outside keep rolling
We’ll just float where the shadows are holding us

[Chorus]
(Both, melting harmonies)
Slow river moon… carry us
Carry us soft, carry us deep
Nothing to prove, nothing to lose
Just your heartbeat talking in its sleep
Slow river moon… silver and blue
Pouring its light over everything we do
If morning never finds us
That’s fine by me
Long as I’m drifting down this slow river with you

[Interlude Instrumental]
(16 seconds liquid legato guitar solo)

[Verse 2]
(Female lead, Male low harmony)
Your hands move like water finding every secret curve
I close my eyes and still see you, every glow, every swerve
Time’s gone quiet, baby, it don’t dare make a sound
We’re the only tide tonight, rising, falling, bound

[Pre-Chorus]
(Both, whispered close)
Let the whole world keep turning
We’ll just burn slow, right here, unlearning hurry

[Chorus]
(Softer, wider harmonies)
Slow river moon… carry us
Carry us soft, carry us deep
Skin on skin, dream on dream
Love me like the night can’t help but keep
Slow river moon… silver and blue
Spilling its hush over me and you
If forever is only this one long kiss
Then I’m already home… already his… already yours

[Bridge]
(Male half-spoken) Tell me you feel it…
(Female half-sung) I’ve always felt it…
(Both) This never started… it only remembers
[Instrumental]
(24 seconds weeping guitar + soft female oohs)

[Final Chorus]
(Very soft, then gentle swell)
Slow river moon… carry us
Carry us gentle, carry us true
I don’t need tomorrow
I only need you
Slow river moon… keep shining down
Keep this night from ever leaving town
If the sun comes looking
Let it wait its turn
We’re still moving
In this slow… river… burn

[Outro Instrumental]
(40 seconds fading nylon + distant tremolo guitar + lingering female mmm → silence)