Ashes on the Water

Cinematic trip-hop with Middle Eastern scales, female vocals, Deep sub-bass and gritty breakbeats drive the verses, framed by droning tanpura-like beds, hammered dulcimer plucks, and distant warlike percussion, Choruses bloom into wide, reverb-drenched choirs and haunting lead vocal wails; occasional distorted synth stabs add The Prodigy-style aggression while Massive Attack–inspired dubby delays swirl at the edges, Slow build from sparse and tense to feral and ecstatic, then fall back to a ghostly whisper, trip hop, female vocals

[Intro] [low drone Distant frame drum] I walk on coals Salt in my hair Dust on my tongue Smoke in the prayer [Verse 1] You drew your borders Across my back Red-thread rivers Turning black I wore your stories Like chains on skin Teeth full of thunder Holding it in [Chorus] Ashes on the water Turning in my hands I was made for burning Not for your commands Hear my shadow singing Higher than your guns I will rise I will rise When the sky comes undone (hey) [Verse 2] You bless the fire That took our names Call it order Call it flames I taste copper Behind each word Crow-wing warnings No one heard [Chorus] Ashes on the water Turning in my hands I was made for burning Not for your commands Hear my shadow singing Higher than your guns I will rise I will rise When the sky comes undone [Bridge] [beat drops out Low vocal chant] Ra-ha la-leya Ra-ha la-leya (oh) Tongue of the lion Heart of the drum Ra-ha la-leya I do not run [Chorus] Ashes on the water Drifting from your throne Every broken promise carving into stone Hear my mothers calling Carried on the sun We will rise We will rise Till your kingdom is done (woah) [Outro] [beat crushed and filtered] I walk on coals Steam from my feet Name made of smoke Hard to delete

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