Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Wake the fire in the morning oil

A thousand lamps are burning low

Om Namah Shivaya

Chant it slow

The river knows the way I go

Deep beneath the temple stone

Something old is waking up

Something I have always known

Pre-Chorus

Rise and rise and rise again

Every breath a rising flame

Rise and rise and rise again

I am calling out your name

Chorus

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

You are here and I am gone

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Post-Chorus

Jaya Jaya Jaya

(Jaya Jaya Jaya)

Om Namah Shivaya

(Om Namah Shivaya)

Verse 2

Mountains lean into the sky

Ash upon my open hands

Every ending is a door

Every silence understands

Drummers drum the thunder down

Veena pulls the river wide

Cymbals crash and mountains bow

Nothing left for me to hide

Pre-Chorus

Burn and burn and burn away

Every fear a fading spark

Burn and burn and burn away

I am singing through the dark

Chorus

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

You are here and I am gone

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Post-Chorus

Jaya Jaya Jaya

(Jaya Jaya Jaya)

Om Namah Shivaya

(Om Namah Shivaya)

Bridge

Destroy me gently

Destroy me whole

Take the body

Keep the soul

Take the body

Keep the soul

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

You are here and I am gone

Shiva Shiva Mahadeva

Dance the world to dust and dawn

Post-Chorus

Jaya Jaya Jaya

(Jaya Jaya Jaya)

Om Namah Shivaya

(Om Namah Shivaya)