Iphupho la yonke (version 2)

Verse 1

Bare feet on the ground, my spine bends low

The bass in my chest starts to hum and grow

Every step I take turns me around

Until I find the same path I've found

In every crowd there's just one face I see

A mirror that shows what I used to be

Sweat drips from the collarbone of a friend

Strangers nod like we're kin till the end

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it calling, this heartbeat in my chest?

Every body turning to join me at rest

Chorus

Iphupho la yonke! I'm not alone

Hands up high when the drums call home

Spinning round with strangers like family found

In the fire of the music we're all bound

Verse 2

Sun beats down on a thousand shoulders bending low

Together we breathe out what our hearts used to know

The crowd sways as one till the floor turns bright

Bare feet stomping in rhythm through the night

I lose my name in every stranger's face

But they don't ask for it – just take up space

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it calling, this heartbeat in my chest?

Every body turning to join me at rest

Chorus

Iphupho la yonke! I'm not alone

Hands up high when the drums call home

Spinning round with strangers like family found

In the fire of the music we're all bound

Bridge

No words left for names or any claim to fame

Only heat in my veins and this endless frame

We are one skin, breaking wide open

Under the drum's dark light where love starts to climb