The Longhouse

[Extended Instrumental Intro – 40–50 Seconds: Deep Frame Drums, Tribal Hand Drums, Tagelharpa, Wooden Percussion, Rhythmic Hand Claps, Distant Goat Horn, Wind Through Pine Forest, Powerful Build] [Verse 1] [Male] The fire is warm... The doors are wide... The elders speak... The children smile... One roof above... One earth below... Together here... Is all we know... [Chorus] [Both] Gather close... Side by side... One fire... One life... Raise your voice... Share the flame... Every heart... Knows your name... [Instrumental – Driving Frame Drums, Tagelharpa, Wooden Percussion] [Verse 2] [Female] The bread is shared... The stories grow... The longest nights... Are never cold... The songs we keep... Will never fade... Within these walls... Our home is made... [Bridge] [Male] No man stands... Here alone... [Female] Every hand... Builds our home... [Both] Stone and timber... Fire and rain... Every season... Lives again... [Final Chorus] [Both] Gather close... Side by side... One fire... One life... Raise your voice... Raise it high... Like the ravens... Cross the sky... One family... One flame... The Longhouse... Lives again... [Extended Instrumental Outro – 40–50 Seconds: Deep Frame Drums, Tribal Hand Drums, Tagelharpa, Wooden Percussion, Distant Goat Horn, Crackling Fire, Fade Into Silence]