We Beat the Earth

Verse 1

Dust on the threshold

Dust on my hands

I woke before the rooster called

And watched the valley wake

The drum beside the fire

The drum inside my chest

Every turn of daylight

Is a story I have kept

Pre-Chorus

And the plains remember

When we sang them home

And the plains remember

Where the rivers roam

Chorus

We beat the earth until it answers back

We beat the earth until it answers back

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Verse 2

Strings are made of whispers

Brass is made of gold

Every note is borrowed

From a world that's growing old

The old man keeps the rhythm

The children keep the song

And the tall grass keeps the turning

Of the hours all day long

Pre-Chorus

And the plains remember

When we sang them home

And the plains remember

Where the rivers roam

Chorus

We beat the earth until it answers back

We beat the earth until it answers back

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Breakdown

Roll it slow

Roll it low

Let the deep drum find us

Let the deep drum hold

Chorus

We beat the earth until it answers back

We beat the earth until it answers back

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Hand in hand we mark the ground

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh