[Intro] Under the ribs, the old flame turns Salt flows down the wrinkles, as eternity still turns [Verse 1] Maalem, call him by the light he kept The one who left while the whole house slept A Soft song down the Broadway, music through clay Singing till the dark gives back what it took away [Chorus] Ya lost one, rise on the shoulders of song You were carried through the night so long No feet on the earth, no hand on the door The body remembers what it forgot before [Verse 2] The stars came in with the sweat and tears No warning bell, no gate, no fault A blue thread tied round in a galaxies twist glittering in bowl of water , a twinkle in the mist [Chorus] Ya lost one, rise on the shoulders of song You were carried through the night so long No feet on the earth, no hand on the door The body remembers what it forgot before [Bridge] Softly, then all at once a twinkling stream meets the sea The galaxy opens in the dark The breath returns, quietly [Verse 3] By dawn the healer leans against the wall The healed one listens, saying nothing at all The galaxy’s wind combs the shore clean Leaving no mark where the sorrow had been [Outro] Maalem lowers his tired hand Morning opens over the sand The stars goes small, then disappears Carried away with the last cold tears
