Follow Me Home

[Style: West African acoustic folk · cyclical groove · warm, intimate, hypnotic · interlocking acoustic guitars · soft hand percussion · rounded bass · sparse balafon accents · expressive high male lead · gentle call-and-response backing vocals · organic room sound · repetition with subtle variation · no dramatic pop build] [Intro — repeating acoustic guitar cycle, hand percussion gradually enters] [Lead] The sun is rising New day is here New day is rising Its call I hear [Response, background vocals] Oh, let it rise Oh, let it set Oh, let'it rise Oh let it set [Lead] It's a long path To walk alone To walk alone To make my way home [Response] Follow, follow, follow the path Follow me home Follow me home Follow me home [Instrumental — electric guitar enters; balafon answers vocal melody] [Lead — freer phrasing] Maybe tomorrow I won't be alone Maybe the long road Will bring me back home Maybe the old curse Will fall from my name Maybe this new day Will not be the same [Response, chrous] Follow, follow, follow the path Follow me home Follow, me home Follow me home [instrumental : Hypnotic Loop — lock onto one short synth/guitar phrase; repeat far beyond expected transition] [Lead] You don't know my path You don't know my mornings Don't know why I've walking Don't know where I'm going [Outro — voices become rhythmic, increasingly overlapping] [Lead] It's coming, it's coming It's close, don't you see It's won't be too long now You can come walk with me Come walk with me Don't need to be. alone Follow along, follolw me Follow me home [voices gradually drop away; guitar cycle continues alone]