Lyric

Footsteps, gravel crunch, deep breath)

Voice (Yoruba, whispered):

**"Awon egungun ranti"**

(*The bones remember…*)

(Didgeridoo pulses with sub-bass rise)

Handpan loops

Chains and shakers rattle in the dark

Kick builds slowly into groove

Before the name

Before the flame

I was dust

I was frame

Ash to skin

Root to sound

I was lost

Then I was found

I dream in blood

I breathe in stone

I move like thunder

Made of bone

No mask

No lie

Just earth

And sky

I ground

I rise

I burn my ties

I dance

I break

I feel the quake

**I AM**

**I AM**

**I AM the bone of the Earth**

"I AM… I AM… I AM the Earth…"

"Soy raíz de mil vidas…"

"Je suis le tambour des ancêtres…"

"أنا صدى الذين مشوا قبلي…"

Call: Who walks?

Crowd: I walk

Call: Who stands?

Crowd: I stand

Call: Who remembers?

Crowd: I remember

I bury pain

I sing release

I walk the night

With holy feet

Dirt don’t judge

Dust don’t speak

But silence shows

What roots can teach

Shadow is my sacred fire

Pressure shaped my soul’s empire

Drum is blood

Kick is spine

Bassline wraps around my time

I ground

I rise

I burn my ties

I dance

I break

I feel the quake

**I AM**

**I AM**

**I AM the bone of the Earth**

I ground

I rise

I break

I burn

I walk

I learn

I die

I return

**I AM**

**I AM**

**I AM the bone of the Earth**

Drums stop

Wind swirls

Low rumble fades to nothing

One final stone drop + deep sub echo

**"Now… you are home…"**