( Om... om... om... ) I woke inside the drum before the drum was ever struck Third eye open like a temple door the fire never shut Smoke in columns, seven rivers runnin' backwards through my blood I speak in thunder, split the mountain, let the soma flood They told me kneel — I built a fire and I made it speak Every syllable a serpent climbing up my spine to peak The dead are dancing in the smoke, they're learnin' how to breathe I am the echo of the first wave crashin' on the reef (Agni! Agni!) burnin' through the veil (Agni! Agni!) fire never fails Om Namah — call it from the mountain, let the whole world shake Om Namah — drums are gettin' louder, feel the ground break ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) We are the fire, we are the flood ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) Fire in the marrow, ash and blood ( Om... Om... Om... ) — let it burn Korean drums and Himalayan horns are stackin' up the sky I buried my name where the river bends, now the river asks me why Shaman in the wire, spirit in the machine Chantin' down the firewall between the seen and the unseen Second comin' of the rhythm, I'm the priest of the pulse Every kick drum is a heartbeat that the hollowed earth convulses They can't cage a voice that was born inside the flame I don't chase the spirit — the spirit knows my name (Agni! Agni!) burnin' through the veil (Agni! Agni!) fire never fails Om Namah — call it from the mountain, let the whole world shake Om Namah — drums are gettin' louder, feel the ground break ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) We are the fire, we are the flood ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) Fire in the marrow, ash and blood Strip the skin away, strip the name away Smoke tells the truth that the tongue won't say I died in the drum — I live in the sound Fire in the marrow... ( Om... om... OM... ) Om Namah — call it from the mountain, let the whole world shake Om Namah — drums are gettin' louder, feel the ground break ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) We are the fire, we are the flood ( Hey! Hey! Hey! ) Fire in the marrow, ash and blood ( Om... ash and blood... om... )
