Come Down, Now

[Verse 1] I lit sage on the windowsill Left my phone off, let the world go still Grandma’s voice in the stovetop flame Said, “When you’re ready, they'll come again.” I carved my grief in an old oak beam Put prayers in the spaces where I used to scream Wrote my name in river mud Then raised my eyes to the stars above— You watching? [Pre-Chorus] I was loud, I was lost I was a whisper in the frost Now I’m barefoot in the ash Screaming past, screaming past— [Chorus] Come down, now! We’re not afraid The masks are off The blood’s been paid We remembered We stayed true The fire’s hot The sky is blue Come down, now Come through [Verse 2] I kept your names in a coffee can Buried ‘em deep near the marching band You ever hear a horn cry like a crow? Ever see a prayer dressed in smoke? I have. I bled. I danced til the floor broke open wide Made a promise on the other side Not to run, not to beg— Just to howl from my red clay legs [Pre-Chorus] I was soft, I was strange But my bones remember your names Now I rise like steam from bark Calling dark, calling dark— [Chorus] Come down, now! We’re not afraid The circle’s wide The songs been laid We remembered We held fast The veil is thin We’re built to last Come down, now At last— [Bridge – layered vocals, almost choral] We are ready We are broken open We are singing With eyes still open We are calling By name, not number We are dreaming Like ancient thunder The originals said: They’ll come when we cry like stars. They’ll come when the dust remembers hearts. So we cry. So we burn. So we turn— [Final Chorus – wild, massive] Come down, now! We are the drum The voice, the ash The children come We remembered We stayed near The stars are close And the way is clear Come down, now— We’re here. [Outro – whisper-chant, fading] Come down Come down Come down Come through… The stars are close And the way is clear Come down, now— We’re here. [Outro – whisper-chant, fading] Come down Come down Come down Come through…