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[Куплет 1] You left a paper boat beside the garden wall Folded from a letter no one sent at all I found it after summer loosened every vine With a little blue map drawn along the side [Алдынғы қайырма] It pointed past the house Past the old stone well To a place we never named But somehow knew so well [Қайырма] So i followed where the pencil wandered Through the fields behind the railway line Every crooked turn became a question Every quiet mile became a sign When the paper finally met the river I let go and watched the current choose Some roads are only meant to show you What you already knew [Куплет 2] A woman at the gate was mending yellow thread She said, “that bridge is gone,” then shook her head But farther down, the willow touched the stream And made a silver doorway through the green [Алдынғы қайырма] I stepped beneath the leaves Heard the water count All the things i carried in And all i could leave out [Қайырма] So i followed where the pencil wandered Through the fields behind the railway line Every crooked turn became a question Every quiet mile became a sign When the paper finally met the river I let go and watched the current choose Some roads are only meant to show you What you already knew [Көпір] Now the map is gone beneath the reeds And the afternoon has changed its tune I came back with a steadier heartbeat And a pocket full of willow blooms [Final chorus] I remember where the pencil wandered Past the gate and through the river grass Not every answer needs a doorway Not every leaving means you cannot last When the paper finally met the river I let go and watched the current choose Some roads are only meant to show you What you already knew [Аутро] What you already knew What you already knew
