Damballa

Intro (whispered)

Ohhh…

The shadows gather…

The circle opens…

Verse 1

Candles flicker in the rain

Ancient voices call my name

Cold wind crawling through the hall

Something waits beyond the wall

Every step, the air gets thin

Feel the darkness settling in

Whispers buried long ago

Start to rise from down below

Pre-Chorus (soft chant begins)

Valin chella san teria…

Oya shungo yenya…

(repeated faintly in background)

Chorus

Ohhh-oh-oh… hear them breathing

Woah-oh-oh… darkness feeding

Every shadow starts to wake

Every seal begins to break

Ohhh-oh-oh… spirits calling

Woah-oh-oh… feel them crawling

Thunder shakes the midnight sky

Something ancient has arrived

Verse 2

Symbols carved into the floor

Hands begin to shake once more

Lightning cracks across the night

Eyes reflecting firelight

Heartbeat pounding like a drum

Now the reckoning has come

No more fear and no disguise

Only truth behind the eyes

Pre-Chorus 2 (stronger now)

Leveau mercier du bois chaloitte…

Secoise entienne mais pois de morte…

(drums intensify underneath)

Chorus

Ohhh-oh-oh… hear them breathing

Woah-oh-oh… darkness feeding

Every shadow starts to wake

Every seal begins to break

Ohhh-oh-oh… spirits calling

Woah-oh-oh… feel them crawling

Thunder shakes the midnight sky

Something ancient has arrived

Bridge (full ritual buildup)

(whispered slowly)

Morteisma lieu de vocuier de mieu vochette…

(drum beat grows louder)

Endenlieu pour du boisette Damballa…

(background voices repeating “Damballa… Damballa…”)

Final Invocation / Outro (full power release)

(shouted with thunder crashing)

Ade due Damballa…

Give me the power, I beg of you!

Ohhh-oh-oh… rise before me

Woah-oh-oh… shadows forming

Ancient voices fill the sky

Hear the darkness come alive

(repeated chants in background)

Valin chella san teria…

Oya shungo yenya…