River Moon in a Palindrome

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Thin clouds gently sober the river’s surface

Beneath the moon, the falling snow learns to drift slowly

The distant mountains draw their outlines slender

A white gull skims across a sorrow left unfinished

[Pre-Chorus]

I look back once along the way I came

Then the scenery feels like another encounter

[Chorus]

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

Read a backward glance as a new horizon

No road leads only to parting

Turning back, we can also find a shore of calm

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

May every cold, quiet night have a place to rest

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The white beside the window makes the lamplight look warm

When I sober, I see the faint mountain mist again

I am in no hurry to tell the road ahead from the road home

Just let this moment stay in my heart one more night

[Pre-Chorus]

I look back once along the way I came

Then the scenery feels like another encounter

[Chorus]

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

Read a backward glance as a new horizon

No road leads only to parting

Turning back, we can also find a shore of calm

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

May every cold, quiet night have a place to rest

[Bridge]

When the wind unfolds the story from the other end

Every word set down takes on a new bearing

If silence could be heard as a greeting

Even loneliness will find a different answer

[Final Chorus]

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

Read a backward glance as a new horizon

No road leads only to parting

Turning back, we can also find a shore of calm

Read this river of snow backward into moonlight

May every cold, quiet night have a place to rest

[Outro]

Moonlight slowly passes across the little window

I keep tonight in the place I turn back to