Hide The Soul

Intro (whispered, distant voices)

Valin chella san teria…

Oya shungo…

Yenya macumba…

(low drums begin)

Ade due Damballa…

Give me the power…

I beg of you…

Verse 1

I was sleeping under ash and bone

Beneath the roots where the dead have grown

Every whisper carried through the flame

Every desperate soul that called my name

Kings have fallen at my feet

Empires buried underneath

Still they chant beneath the night

Begging me to bring them life

Pre-Chorus

You opened the door

Now feel my breath

You asked for power

Now dance with death

Chorus

Leveau mercier du bois chaloitte

Hear my voice inside the night

Oh-oh-oh… your soul is mine

Woah-oh-oh… the stars align

Secoise entienne mais pois de morte

I awaken what was torn apart

Oh-oh-oh… speak thy name

Woah-oh-oh… feed my flame

Verse 2

Lights shaking, black smoke skies

I can see through mortal eyes

Every heartbeat, every fear

Pulls me closer, draws me near

You prayed loud beneath the storm

Now I rise in living form

Every vow you swore in blood

Feeds the river, feeds the flood

Pre-Chorus

You crossed the line

There’s no return

Now watch the dark

Inside you burn

Chorus

Leveau mercier du bois chaloitte

Hear my voice inside the night

Oh-oh-oh… your soul is mine

Woah-oh-oh… the stars align

Secoise entienne mais pois de morte

I awaken what was torn apart

Oh-oh-oh… speak thy name

Woah-oh-oh… feed my flame

Bridge (ritual section / layered chants)

(whispered repeatedly)

Ade due Damballa…

Ade due Damballa…

(deep voice enters)

Morteisma lieu de vocuier de mieu vochette

Endenlieu pour du boisette Damballa!

(tribal drums intensify)

Oh-oh-oh… rise again

Woah-oh-oh… let me in

Final Chorus (huge ritual energy)

Leveau mercier du bois chaloitte

I am shadow, giver of life

Oh-oh-oh… hear thy cry

Woah-oh-oh… never die

Secoise entienne mais pois de morte

Now the veil is ripped apart

Oh-oh-oh… chant thy name

Woah-oh-oh… call for me!

Outro (fading whispers)

Endenlieu pour du boisette Damballa!

Endenlieu pour du boisette Damballa!!

Endenlieu pour du boisette Damballa!!!