Drumskin and Dry Riverbed

Verse 1

Drumskin and dry riverbed

Hollow log calling the hills awake

I walked where the acacia spreads

Feet learning the language the earth could make

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I left before the rain

Maybe I stayed too long in the sun

Chorus

Carry the rhythm home

Carry it past the mango grove

Let the old sticks teach my bones

How a heartbeat learns to move

Drop

Carry the rhythm

Carry carry the rhythm

Verse 2

The djembe answers like a second tongue

Sweat and sandstone sing in turns

My hands remember what my throat has sung

Every scar a place the pattern burns

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I fear the quiet night

Maybe I crave the call and play

Chorus

Carry the rhythm home

Carry it past the mango grove

Let the old sticks teach my bones

How a heartbeat learns to move

Bridge

Dust to dust and drum to drum

The circle never breaks the line

Old ones hum what I become

And every beat is mine is mine

Chorus

Carry the rhythm home

Carry it past the mango grove

Let the old sticks teach my bones

How a heartbeat learns to move

How a heartbeat learns

How a heartbeat learns to move