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Intro

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Verse 1

Forty suns on a spine that forgot its name

Drifting alone

No water for the flame

Sand in my teeth

Broken spirit

Heavy stone

Thirsty for the marrow of the bone

Pre-Chorus 1

Met you at the cart with the steam

Rising off the beans

The first plate of ful

Green life

You hired me to carry the heavy crates

Beyond the heavy gates

Chorus

By the acacia

I’ll wait for you

By the acacia

Where the shadows grow

I will wait for you

I will wait for you

Drop

Wait for you

(Oh-oh)

Verse 2

Cardboard walls holding up the heat

Learning your song

Our bitter salt is sweet

Stitching our world

Small house

New peace

Shared dreams on the dusty sheet

Pre-Chorus 2

Trucks coming through with the news

Waking up the camp

Harmonies rising

The market humming

Life was finally finding a steady way

Day after day

Chorus

By the acacia

I’ll wait for you

By the acacia

Where the shadows grow

I will wait for you

I will wait for you

Bridge

They told me the brother I love is gone

Lost in the fire

Now I have to go

I have to go

(Please stay)

I have to return to the smoke and the ash

(I will be here)

I will come back to the tree in the sand

Wait for me

Hold out your hand

Chorus

By the acacia

I’ll wait for you

By the acacia

Where the shadows grow

I will wait for you

I will wait for you

Post-Chorus

Wait for you

I dey wait

I dey wait

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Wait for you

(Wait for you)