Names In The Soil

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I got your hands in my face In the shape of my grin Old letters in a tin box I keep starting again Your names in the floorboards Your dust in my hair I walk like I know you Like you’re still somewhere [Pre-Chorus] When I’m lost, I listen To the hum in my bones Every step says remember I’m not walking alone [Chorus] My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me My ancestors, my ancestors In the family tree When I call your names I can finally breathe My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me [Verse 2] Grandma’s chipped blue bowl Still holds winter beans Granddad’s scar on the gatepost Tells me what he means A prayer in the doorway A braid of smoke and rain I taste them in the supper I say them like a name [Pre-Chorus] When the night gets heavy And my knees fold low There’s a thousand footsteps In the way I go [Chorus] My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me My ancestors, my ancestors In the family tree When I call your names I can finally breathe My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me [Bridge] If I carry one burden You carried ten If I fall in the middle Lift me again From the field to the table From the storm to the stone You made me a lantern Out of blood and bone [Final Chorus] My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me My ancestors, my ancestors In the family tree When I call your names I can finally breathe My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me My ancestors, my ancestors Stay with me