[PERCUSSION INTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, ORGANIC DRUMS AND HAND PERCUSSION, NO LEAD VOCALS] --- [VERSE 1 — WARM FEMALE CHEST VOICE, INTIMATE AND RHYTHMIC, CONFIDENT PHRASING] I used to hear that old rhythm from afar Like a language fading underneath the cars Years of running taught my feet to hesitate Till a familiar drumline found me at the gate I didn't know what I had left behind Till my body moved before it changed my mind --- [PRE-CHORUS — SMOOTH CHEST VOICE, GRADUALLY LIFTING WITH BRIGHTER DYNAMICS] Now the ground is answering Through a pulse I almost forgot Every beat unlocks a doorway To a place I never lost --- [CHORUS — RADIANT, OPEN FEMALE LEAD, SOULFUL WITH EXPANSIVE GOSPEL-STYLE LAYERS] I found my way back in the rhythm (Move together) Where my feet remember who I am (Feel it now) No map could ever lead me here (We belong here) I hear my roots beneath the sound And every step makes room for me (Move together) I'm home inside the movement --- [TRIBAL INSTRUMENTAL — ORGANIC PERCUSSION BREAK, VOCAL RESPONSES AND GROUP HARMONIES] (Move together) (Feel it now) (We belong here) --- [VERSE 2 — WARMER, MORE LIBERATED CHEST VOICE, RHYTHMIC MELODIC DELIVERY] A neighbor's song comes through the open door A melody my mother used to hum before I catch the cadence underneath my breath And suddenly the distance loses depth The years between us loosen in the sound I let the rhythm put my feet back on the ground --- [CHORUS — FULLER FEMALE LEAD, SOULFUL MELODY WITH UPLIFTING GROUP RESPONSES] I found my way back in the rhythm (Move together) Where my feet remember who I am (Feel it now) No map could ever lead me here (We belong here) I hear my roots beneath the sound And every step makes room for me (Move together) I'm home inside the movement --- [BUILD-UP — EMOTIONAL FEMALE LIFT, INCREASING POWER, GROUP HARMONIES GROWING] I don't have to become who I was To know where I belong (Stay with it) The rhythm changed, the years moved on But something carried on (We belong here) --- [FINAL CHORUS — SOARING, RADIANT, FULL-POWER FEMALE LEAD, GOSPEL-INSPIRED STACKED HARMONIES] I found my way back in the rhythm (Move together) Where my feet remember who I am (Feel it now) No map could ever lead me here (We belong here) I hear my roots beneath the sound And every step makes room for me (Stay with it) I'm home inside the movement What I thought I left behind Was moving with me all along (We belong here) Now every heartbeat meets another And the rhythm carries us home (Move together) --- [PERCUSSION OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, ORGANIC DRUMS AND HAND PERCUSSION FADING, NO LEAD VOCALS]
