Blood Memory

They were singing before words I can still hear them My grandmother's hands knew things Her tongue never said The rhythm she rocked to Was older than bread Something moves in my chest now When the bassline hits low Like a door I inherited That I never had to know They sang through fire They sang through bone They carved the frequency Into everything I own And I carry it — still Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH Blood — blood — blood — mem — They're dancing through my bones Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH I never walked alone Back — back — back — To where we all come from My father hummed without knowing A song with no name His father hummed the same thing They all hummed the same It travels without language It skips every gate The body is the archive And the body won't wait They sang through fire They sang through bone They carved the frequency Into everything I own And I carry it — still Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH Blood — blood — blood — mem — They're dancing through my bones Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH I never walked alone Back — back — back — To where we all come from The first voice Was just a body asking why Someone answered Someone always answered Across ten thousand years of dark The sound kept finding bodies The sound kept finding hearts This is what they left us — The frequency of being here Every cell remembers Every pulse knows the way Back — back — back — The blood — never forgets Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH They're dancing through my bones Hrrr-OOO-mmm — aaaa-YAAAAH I never walked alone Every ancestor inside me Every heartbeat right behind me Blood — blood — blood — mem — We were always — we were always — here They were singing before words They are singing still Hrrr-ooo... Always...