[Verse 1]
Calle caliente
you draw a doorway in the air
Colored mandalas
spinning out of your black hair
Lime on your tongue
eyes full of Sunday sin
You trace a circle
say “breathe the desert in”
[Chorus]
Tierra que respira
I feel you under my feet
You turn my blood to fire
salt and sugar, bitter-sweet
Tierra que respira
you’re shaking under my skin
Every step I take
you pull me further in (más, más)
[Verse 2]
Cheap red mezcal
burns little halos in my chest
Saints on the dashboard
nod along like they confess
You laugh in colors
I only taste in my sleep
One little word from you
and the canyon starts to speak
[Chorus]
Tierra que respira
I feel you under my feet
You turn my blood to fire
salt and sugar, bitter-sweet
Tierra que respira
you’re shaking under my skin
Every step I take
you pull me further in (oye, más)
[Bridge]
[Guitars smear and swirl, percussion chant fades in]
Hands on the wall
the bricks begin to dance
Floor turns to water
still you say, “advance”
If this is falling
let the sky collapse
Your mouth on mine
earthquake in my grasp (ay)
[Chorus]
Tierra que respira
I feel you under my feet
You turn my blood to fire
salt and sugar, bitter-sweet
Tierra que respira
you’re shaking under my skin
Every step I take
you pull me further in (más, más)
every step I take
you pull me further in