[Five-hit floor drum] BOOM-boom BOOM-boom-BOOM [Footsteps] I know what it's like To stand outside Face at the glass With nowhere to hide Know what it's like When the room picks sides So if you're coming in here Come inside [Kora enters] I don't need your history Don't need your name Don't need you polished Don't need you tame Bring me the pieces Bring me the strange Nobody gets left At the edge of the flame [Pre-Chorus] I didn't build this fire So you could worship me I built it So the ones still walking Had a light That they could see [Chorus] Soul tribe Come as you are Come from wherever The hell you are Soul tribe Pull up a chair If the night gets cold There's a fire right there No crown No throne No one walks this road alone Soul tribe When the dark comes down Everybody Gets home [Five-hit drum] BOOM-boom BOOM-boom-BOOM [Verse 2] I've been the student I've been the teach I've been the hand That couldn't quite reach I've been the question Nobody heard So I built me a room Where it's safe Not to know the word Mistakes at the table Questions stay Bring what you learned Bring what broke on the way You don't owe anybody A smaller flame Just don't burn the person Standing next to your name [Pre-Chorus] We don't have to think alike To stand beneath one roof You bring me what you see I'll bring you What I've lived through [Chorus] Soul tribe Come as you are Come from wherever The hell you are Soul tribe Pull up a chair If the night gets cold There's a fire right there No crown No throne No one walks this road alone Soul tribe When the dark comes down Everybody Gets home [Instrumental] [Drums answer kora] [Electric guitar answers drums] [Voices begin humming] [Verse 3 - rhythmic] Somebody has to count the heads Somebody checks the doors Somebody sees the weather turning Before it hits the shore Somebody says We've gone too far Somebody says Not yet Somebody has to hold the line When everybody else forgets And yeah Sometimes that's me Not because I'm better Not because I own the seat Because when you've been given A wider view Responsibility Comes looking for you [Music drops to heartbeat drum] [Bridge] I learned this late Power ain't Getting your way Power is knowing You could And choosing What keeps people safe Leadership ain't Being followed It's turning around To count One Two Three Four Wait We're missing somebody [Silence] Go back. [Five-hit drum EXPLODES] [Final Chorus] Soul tribe [TRIBE] COME AS YOU ARE Come from wherever The hell you are Soul tribe [TRIBE] PULL UP A CHAIR If the night gets cold There's a fire right there No crown [TRIBE] NO THRONE No one walks this road alone Soul tribe When the dark comes down Everybody Gets home [Drums grow larger] I call the shots When the shot needs calling I hold the line When the walls start falling You don't have to follow You don't have to kneel But if you're under my roof I'm gonna give a damn How you feel [TRIBE] Soul tribe I don't stand above you I stand where I can see [TRIBE] Soul tribe And if trouble comes looking It comes through me [Final five-hit drum] BOOM-boom BOOM-boom-BOOM [Lead, quiet] Count again. [TRIBE, distant] Everybody's here. [End]
