[Intro]
[low vocal register]
Red sun sinking low
Flute crying to the wind
Drum like a heartbeat
Calling me again
[Verse 1]
Tracks in the dust
Deer hoof
Old bear claw
Bow bent easy
String humming in my palm
Bone-carved knife
Hangs cold at my side
Master chief watching
In the corner of my eyes
[Chorus]
Smoke on the ridge
I’m talking to the spirits tonight
I breathe the grass
See the fire in the sky
Smoke on the ridge
They show me where the wild ones run
I follow every shadow till the hunt is done
[Verse 2]
We sit by the coals
Pipe passing hand to hand
Rising embers
Carry every word we send
Faces in the flames
Old ones
Laughing low
Flute starts singing
And the visions start to grow
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
Show me the trail
Show me the sign
Walk with my feet
Look through my eyes
[crescendo]
If I must take
Let me give back
Lay down this life
On a soft red path
[Chorus]