[Verse 1]
She's carried more than most could bear to hold
Built her whole world around the ones she loved so bold
Poured every piece of herself into being somebody's home
Now the silence hits different when she's standing alone
She's asking why she's still breathing, what her purpose could be
But some souls are too deep for even grief to bury

[PreChorus]
The ground gave way but she's still standing on it
There's a fire inside that loss alone can't kill

[Chorus]
Hold on, Carrie, the river's not done running
Hold on, Carrie, your story ain't through
The same heart that loved that deep ain't done becoming
There's still a life out there that's waiting on you

[Verse 2]
She's the kind of woman who sees beneath the surface
Feels everything so wide it sometimes feels like too much
She gave and gave until there wasn't much left over
Been let down by the ones who should have been her shelter
But every scar she carries is a map she drew with courage
And honey, that's a kind of strength that don't get made in comfort

[PreChorus]
The ground gave way but she's still standing on it
There's a fire inside that loss alone can't kill

[Chorus]
Hold on, Carrie, the river's not done running
Hold on, Carrie, your story ain't through
The same heart that loved that deep ain't done becoming
There's still a life out there that's waiting on you

[Verse 3]
She raised her children like they were her whole reason
Gave every season everything she had inside
And when the cruelest kind of loss came uninvited
It took the center out of every star she used to guide
But the love she gave her boy don't die because he's gone
Cody lives in every tender thing she's carried on

[PreChorus]
The sky went dark but somewhere dawn is turning
A Pisces moon don't rise just once and fall

[Chorus]
Hold on, Carrie, the river's not done running
Hold on, Carrie, your story ain't through
The same heart that loved that deep ain't done becoming
There's still a life out there that's waiting on you

[Verse 4]
She wonders who she is without the ones who named her mama
But she was somebody long before the world could claim her
The cosmos wrote her careful with a curious, searching mind
A soul that knows the dark because it also knows the light
She's allowed to want to laugh again, to feel the sun again
The woman she's becoming is worth staying here to be

[PreChorus]
The fog is lifting and the words are getting clearer
What's still hers to live is more than she can see

[Chorus]
Hold on, Carrie, the river's not done running
Hold on, Carrie, your story ain't through
The same heart that loved that deep ain't done becoming
There's still a life out there that's waiting on you

[Bridge]
She don't have to know the road to take the first step
She don't have to be okay to still be brave
The stars that placed her here don't make mistakes like that
And Bodie still needs someone left to light his way

[Outro]
Hold on, Carrie, you're still here for a reason
The best of what you're made of isn't done