Lyrics

[Verse]
I heard the whispers under roots and stone
Old voices callin’ from the blood and bone
They said, “Child, you ain’t walkin’ alone”
“We’re the fire in your chest, the marrow in your throne”
So I lit a candle, and I said their names
Now I carry the strength of a thousand flames
[Chorus]
I walk with my dead, I don’t fear no grave
They gave me power, they taught me brave
Through curses and wounds, they cleared my way
They burn in my veins every single day
I’m a Palumbrista — I heal what they bled
I don’t run from the past — I walk with my dead
[Verse]
My grandma cried through the hands of war
My father drank ‘cause he couldn’t take more
But I broke those chains, I sang through the pain
Laid down the grief and I danced in the rain
I ain’t just me — I’m a whole damn tree
Roots, bones, voices — they all speak through me
[Bridge]
I forgave what they couldn’t
I healed what they hid
I saw their sorrow, and I never quit
They gave me signs, in smoke and dream
Now we work together like a magic stream
Protection, wisdom, love so vast
I make peace with them — and I free the past
[Chorus]
I walk with my dead, I don’t fear no grave
They gave me power, they taught me brave
Through curses and wounds, they cleared my way
They burn in my veins every single day
I’m a Palumbrista — I heal what they bled
I don’t run from the past — I walk with my dead
[Verse]
I cook with their herbs, I chant with their breath
I honor their pain, I outlive their death
They ain’t gone — they just changed form
Now they rise in me like a midnight storm
My hands ain’t empty, my back ain’t weak
I’m built from the souls that the silence speaks
[Outro]
So I whisper thanks before every fight
And I walk like thunder into the night
My dead don’t haunt — they guide and bless
And I rise with them, in shadow and yes