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.