The Drums Rise High

[Verse 1]
The fire leaps
The shadows bend
A circle forms
Where time can't end
Djembe cracks
The earth replies
Through smoke and stars
The spirits rise
Omahon breath
The hunter's cry
The wolf
The hawk
They paint the sky

[Chorus]
DrumAhon
The drums rise high
Omahon
The man won't die
With every slap
The echoes call
One breath
One beat
We rise
We fall

[Verse 2]
Footsteps heavy
On the old red clay
Ancestors whisper
"Find your way."
A howl
A screech
A distant drum
The past
The now
They beat as one
The bass
It hums
Like roots below
The flute
It weeps
Where the rivers flow

[Chorus]
DrumAhon
The drums rise high
Omahon
The man won't die
With every slap
The echoes call
One breath
One beat
We rise
We fall

[Bridge]
Pow-wow shouts
They pierce the night
Hands strike skins
With all their might
A violin wails
The heartstrings burn
The warrior steps
And the cycles turn

[Chorus]
DrumAhon
The drums rise high
Omahon
The man won't die
With every slap
The echoes call
One breath
One beat
We rise
We fall