[No reggae] [No dancehall] [No Jamaican vocal cadence] [Ritual chant only] [Spoken and chanted, not sung sweet] [Opening] [No drums] [German accent] [Wind and breath] [Vocal Delivery: low whisper, close, dry] Hear me now All of us The night grows heavy Keep your heart together [Drum Wake] [Single frame drum] [Slow pulse] Mind the word before it leaves you Your word can break a day Your word can mend a day [Chant 1] [More drums] [Stacked male voices] Don’t feed worry with your mouth Don’t carry stories house to house When someone falls, lift them When someone calls, answer [Refrain] [Full drums] [Group chant] Guard the word Keep the sound clean Stand together Word Sound Keep [Warning] [Drums thin] When we stop hearing one another The quiet fills with noise [Gathering] [Drums return] Beat the drum Call them near Not to divide To remember Word Sound Keep [Blessing] Word to guide Sound to gather Keep to shelter Light before us All of us stand together [Night] If night comes Let it find us together If worry calls Let nobody answer alone [Final Refrain] Word Sound Keep Hold fast Hold one another Word Sound Keep [Close] [Drums fade] [Whisper] Hear me now All of us [End]
