Carried by my ancestors

Carried by My Ancestors

(Lived Ritual Version)

Tempo: slow, steady

Feel: dusk · firelight · reassurance

Sound: low drums · hums · breath · minimal

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Opening (Breath + Hums)

(no words — soft, circular hums begin)

Mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

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Verse 1

I lay my head where the silence knows my name

The night opens gently, it does not ask

Every breath is a bridge I’ve crossed before

Every fear remembers it’s not in charge

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Hums (continuous)

Mm-mm-mm

Ah-mm-mm

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Chorus

I’m carried by my ancestors

Their hands are under me

I don’t fall — I float

I don’t search — I’m shown

I’m carried by my ancestors

Nothing here can harm me

I rest inside the knowing

That I am not alone

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Verse 2

There is a rhythm older than my doubt

A drum that says you are safe now

If I listen, the past does not pull

It lifts me slowly, makes me whole

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Hums (deeper, layered)

Mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm-mm

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Chorus (softer, slower)

I’m carried by my ancestors

Through the doorway of sleep

They speak in signs, in light, in dreams

And I understand without words

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Mantra (low, repeated)

I am safe

I am held

I am open

I am well

(repeat slowly, 2–3 times)

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Outro (Dream-Opening)

(drums thin out — hums remain)

I lay my head

The night remembers me

(long pause)

Whisper (once):

I’m listening.