u/Megistias

Lean Into Me

If I’m a canoe
I’ll carry what I can
You’d be a fast Clipper ship
Racing toward Japan

If the winds start to pick up,
And push you off your track
You can lean right into me
And I’ll lean right back

I may carry an important message
As I run barefoot along a path
You carry scrolls and terms of peace
to avoid a warrior’s wrath

If a solution seems impossible
If the walls begin to crack
You can lean right into me
And I’ll lean right back

[Bridge]
Lean into me
When mood or skies turn black
Lean into me
When rainy days come back
We don’t have to name them
We don’t have to keep track
You can lean right into me
And I’ll just lean right back

I’m an old man now
Rubbing balm onto my feet
You show up in dancing shoes
Already tapping out a beat

Give me a moment to catch my breath
To keep my pride intact
Then you can lean right into me
And I’ll gladly lean right back.

Charon’s Shore

[Intro]
The wind is still. It’s the edge of dusk
Air and time are ash and dust
A crown of silence, a throne of stone
Hades watches, forever alone (forever alone)

[Verse 1]
He sees the world,
He sees us arrive
The lovers' dreams,
How hard we try (and try)
Over time He’s seen it all
Until the Void, the curtain call

Not cruel, not kind,
But ever near
He ends the pain,
He ends the fear

[Chorus]
To the shore, he delivers all
When hope has fled and the Void calls
Peace is his gift, not hate, not war (Someday)
He lays them all down on Charon’s shore

[Verse 2]
Charon waits with ghastly gaze
He’s known the rules since ancient days
No tears to shed, no words to speak
But He reads each story for any repeats.

[Pre-Chorus]
When our love stories are finally read
A chance to reunite souls once wed
He stays the boat, he bows his head
(He knows how far love will go)

[Chorus]
To the shore, he delivers all
When hope has fled and the Void calls
Peace is his gift, not hate, not war
He lays them all down on Charon’s shore

[Bridge]
No coin, needs He, for love returned
The tears of love were well earned
He assures the covered form, with sacred rite
And pushes off into the night.

(Ahh ahh ahh)

[Final Chorus]
Without time, or space, wait the two
The stars, they also watch for you
And on that boat, beyond the shore
All of us, whether rich or poor
Wait for Charon’s sacred chore

(Those with tear stains on their grave
He ferried with a love without a name)

[Outro]
A word of wisdom,
From the fallen
We all are gathered
As our names are called.
Should you find the fare
Be proud, stand tall.
We know that the loved
were the richest of them all.