[00:11.93]By the river the pagoda leans
[00:17.25]Its shadow long through changing scenes
[00:22.67]Each tier a story each rung a year
[00:28.17]Climbed by footsteps far and near
[00:33.53]The stone remembers the pilgrims’tread
[00:38.82]The silent prayers their hearts had said
[00:44.15]And every crack in the weathered wall
[00:49.25]Holds the sound of a whispered call
[00:54.65]You say a soul must build like this
[00:59.67]Layer by layer without the miss
[01:04.65]Not rushing high for empty fame
[01:10.10]But grounding deep to hold the flame
[01:15.39]When night arrives the shadow’s gone
[01:20.21]But the pagoda still stands on—
[01:25.53]For what we keep within our core
[02:00.71]Will light the dark forevermore
