Take Her Shadow

Verse 1

Mist clings to aching earth

Auburn braids, small hands, wind carved

They sing, they circle slow

Sister breathe, mirrored eyes

Your pulse is pounding for morning, lamb

These hills

Have swallowed hope whole

Cracked clay cries out in the silence

Ash and acacia, the scent swirling

Dust devours every footstep

Mother calls, her shroud unraveling

Stillness heavier than stone

Chorus

Take her shadow

Sky, listen now

Give us rain, bring her home

Give us rain, bring her home

Take her shadow

Take her shadow

Post-Chorus

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Verse 2

Echoes echo, toes paint patterns

Ceremonies, secrets, dread deepens

Anointed skin, the trembling riverbed

Bells braid blessing and blame

Maybe thunder hears her plead

Maybe thunder hears her plead

Red silk, skin shivering, fate unfurled

Fingers clench pebbles for courage

Three voices, trembling in the heat

Three voices, trembling in the heat

One hangs, unbroken, between

Chorus

Take her shadow

Sky, listen now

Give us rain, bring her home

Give us rain, bring her home

Take her shadow

Take her shadow

Post-Chorus

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Bridge

Clouds crouch low, deaf and dry

Mother’s knees press into cracked earth

Still, she reaches, still she reaches

Still, she reaches, still she reaches

Stone in throat, hope in hands

She sings, she gives, she weeps

She sings, she gives, she weeps

Chorus

Take her shadow

Sky, listen now

Give us rain, bring her home

Give us rain, bring her home

Take her shadow

Take her shadow

Post-Chorus

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Oya, Sata, Yemaya

Outro

Not forgotten, not forsaken

Old gods, old names, old pain

River comes, river comes

River comes