[Verse 1]
Stone on my shoulder
Mud on my boots
Old road winding
Through roots and ruins
Smoke from the hillside
Names in the rain
Hear them behind me
Calling again
[Chorus]
I am the drum of the earth
I am the cry of the steel and the string
Voices of a thousand births
Rise in my chest when I sing (ohh)
Feet on the ground like thunder
Hands to the sky
I remember who I am
I am the drum of the earth
Beating the blood of the land
[Verse 2]
Salt on my language
Ash on my tongue
Ghosts of my fathers
Walk where I run
Fire in the circle
Dark turning gold
One breath
Many bodies
One story told
[Chorus]
I am the drum of the earth
I am the cry of the steel and the string
Voices of a thousand births
Rise in my chest when I sing (hey!)
Feet on the ground like thunder
Hands to the sky
I remember who I am
I am the drum of the earth
Beating the blood of the land
[Bridge]
Call and answer
Low then higher
Bare feet
Red dust
Round that fire
Name your sorrow
Name your pride
Stamp that grief
Into the night
[Chorus]
I am the drum of the earth
I am the cry of the steel and the string
Voices of a thousand births
Rise in my chest when I sing (ohh yeah)
Feet on the ground like thunder
Hands to the sky
I remember who I am
I am the drum of the earth
Beating the blood of the land