Story Behind The Song
Personal reflection of my childhood and the cousin I lost - and never being able to express my feelings or say goodbye.
| Song Length |
3:51 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving |
Subject |
Healing |
| Similar Artists |
Zach Bryan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Title: The Lake
Copyright 2026 Frederick M. Spina
Genre: Americana Artist: Zach Bryan
Core Theme: Fond memories of a loved one that passed.
Verse 1
I can smell the early morning coal tar pitch,
and feel the burn of the summer sun,
Just two cousins with fishing poles, barefoot and young.
Walking over weathered roads, didn't have a care or a dime,
Looking for that silver lake just behind the tall sand pines.
Pre-Chorus
We'd get up early and come back most of the time late
Carrying buckets of fish that we caught on our own bait
Chorus
That's just one of the stories; I've got many more
Some run like rivers, some rattle like trains
we weren't supposed to board
I know he's gone, yeah, but he's in a better place,
My heart, these memories,
And the footprints, in the sand by the lake
Verse 2
So many concerts filled with smoke
That back then was called a toke
Mine burned off easy, yours dug in deep
Till it started takin' more than it'd let you keep
Pre-Chorus
I remember sipping on that first Cherry Fiz and Coke
To hugging one another after the long times we never spoke
Chorus
That's just one of the stories; I've got many more
Some run like rivers, some rattle like trains
we weren't supposed to board
I know he's gone, yeah, but he's in a better place,
My heart, these memories,
And the footprints, in the sand by the lake
Bridge
I still hear your laugh in when that screen door slammed
Still skip rocks like you're standin' where I am
I know heavens real, I hope you finally found
That silver water with plenty of fish around
Chorus
That's just one of the stories; I've got many more
Some run like rivers, some rattle like trains
we weren't supposed to board
I know he's gone, yeah, but he's in a better place,
My heart, these memories,
And the footprints, in the sand by the lake
I know he's gone, yeah, but he's in a better place,
My heart, these memories,
And the footprints, in the sand by the lake