Round and Round the Spirit Will Swell
Energetic African choral arrangement with rich call-and-response vocals, layered harmonies, and dynamic group chants, Driving hand drums, congas, and djembes create a rolling polyrhythmic groove, Bright shakers and clapping emphasize the rhythm, The verses build with solo lead voice answered by choir, while the prechorus swells with overlapping harmonies, The chorus explodes into full ensemble power—joyful, urgent, and dramatic, Tempo steady but alive, with crescendos rising and falling like waves, echoing the pendulum theme, Emotional arc shifts from soaring brightness to deep lament and back, ending in a strong unison cry
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[Verse] I am a pendulum, swinging wide Thunder is roaring, silence inside Five steps forward, I rise so high Five steps backward, I ask the sky [Prechorus] I am lightning, I am rain I am dancing, I am pain [Chorus] Round and round, the spirit will swell From heaven’s joy to sorrow’s well Laughing loud, then tears will tell Which voice of me will rise, rebel [Verse 2] I shine like the sun, then shadows fall A choir of smiles, then no song at all Drums in my mind, they play too fast One beat of joy, one beat that won’t last [Prechorus] I’m a song unsung, a bell un-rung [Chorus] Round and round, the spirit will swell From heaven’s joy to sorrow’s well Laughing loud, then tears will tell Which voice of me will rise, rebel
