[Verse 1: Gnawa-chant male lead, low and hard over heavy drums, the guembri riff and krakeb iron castanets] Guembri in the low end like a camel on the stairs Iron in the hands of every man who's sittin' there I came here with a key to a shop I used to own Brass and bent and heavy, and it's colder than a stone A man who shook my hand took the lease out from my name Smiled across the table, and he never felt the shame Twelve months I been carryin' it, twelve months I been sore Twelve months I been dreamin' of his face and of his door So I came to the lila, and I didn't come to pray I came to feed the fire till it eats him on the way [Verse 2: Gnawa-chant lead, harder, the circle clappin' tighter, guembri pushing] Midnight, I was stompin' like the floor owed me rent One o'clock, my shirt was soaked, and still I wasn't spent Two o'clock, I saw his face in every flame I passed Three o'clock, I couldn't see it, everything was movin' fast The old man on the guembri never looked at me at all Played it like he knew that every fire has to fall Safi means enough, and I been sayin' it for hours Rage is just a heavy coat, and I been dancin' in the showers [Hook: Gnawa-chant lead, raw chant, handclaps and krakebs on every line] A key in my pocket to a door that isn't mine Guembri on the low end, and the iron keepin' time Lila till the mornin', every bone and every bruise Safi, safi, dance it till I shake it loose [Verse 3: Gnawa-chant lead, krakeb surge, the iron goes to a nonstop gallop, guembri and drums push to the last bar] Four o'clock, my legs are gone, my lungs are full of sand Five o'clock, the call is comin' up across the land I'm spinnin' and I'm spinnin', and there's nothin' left to burn Just a body and a rhythm, and a lesson that I earned Clappin' hands around me, and the iron never stops Every bang is takin' somethin', and I let it drop Then the sun came through the doorway, and I heard it hit the ground Little brass and bent and heavy, it was barely any sound I looked at it a long time, and I left it where it fell Walked out light as water, and I'm walkin' out of hell [Final Hook: Gnawa-chant lead, all the way up, full drums, guembri and krakebs] A key in my pocket to a door that isn't mine Guembri on the low end, and the iron keepin' time Lila till the mornin', every bone and every bruise Safi, safi, dance it till I shake it loose [End]
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