INTRO Levi: "Can you still hear the ground when the city gets loud?" Solace: "I hear it different now — but I still hear it" VERSE 1 — LEVI ASHANTI I planted these roots before the wires came through Before the towers learned to hum like we do My grandfather's hands never touched a screen But he could read a season better than a machine I watched the wire climb over every tree Thought it would silence what the roots used to speak But even satellites still orbit round the ground Even distance carries an old sound PRE-CHORUS Maybe the roots and the wires aren't so far apart One feeds the ground, one feeds the heart CHORUS Roots don't need to win against the wire Wire don't erase the roots, only carries them higher We are the old road and the open line Two different rivers meeting one same time Roots and wire, hand in hand One remembers, one expands VERSE 2 — SOLACE GREY I never met the fields my elders knew But I inherited the fire running through I carry your roots in a different frame Same blood, different way of saying your name The current's fast, but the story's just as slow I'm learning what the old songs already know I didn't come to trade the roots for wire I came to prove they burn the same fire BRIDGE Levi: What will you keep when the noise dies down? Solace: Everything you buried in this ground Levi: What will you build that I couldn't foresee? Solace: A bridge wide enough for you and me FINAL CHORUS Roots don't need to win against the wire Wire don't erase the roots, only carries them higher We are the old road and the open line Two different rivers meeting one same time Roots and wire, hand in hand One remembers, one expands OUTRO Levi: Can you still hear the ground? Solace: I hear it louder now — because you're with me
