[Verse 1]
I was too small to name the night
A child with a suitcase heart
Hands that should have kept me safe
Only taught me how to start
Doors would close, then open hard
I learned the room by fear
Kept my tears down in my shoes
So nobody could hear
[Pre-Chorus]
But I kept one ember
Deep under my skin
A little beat saying
I will live again
[Chorus]
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
Tribe in my bones
I was never alone
You tried to break me down
But I still stand proud
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
(way home) (found my way home)
[Verse 2]
Years went by, I wore my face
Like it belonged to pain
Smiling through the broken places
Learning love from rain
Then one day a candle lit
Something old in me
A name I never knew I knew
A door to memory
[Pre-Chorus]
And every scar line
Turned into a key
I heard my soul say
Come back to me
[Chorus]
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
Tribe in my bones
I was never alone
You tried to break me down
But I still stand proud
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
(way home) (found my way home)
[Bridge]
I bless the girl I used to be
For surviving what she saw
I lift her up in both my hands
And I answer every call
I am not the shame
I am not the theft
I am the fire that remained
When there was nothing left
[Chorus]
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
Tribe in my bones
I was never alone
You tried to break me down
But I still stand proud
Tribe in my bones
I found my way home
(way home) (found my way home)