Verse
Paraffin lamp swinging on a wire
Dust rising slow like a low grey fire
Your shoulder finds mine without a sound
Bare feet reading the cool tile ground
Kick drum settles in the back of your knee
No need for talking, just you and me
Pre-Chorus
Clock on the wall gave up hours ago
Hips understand what the words don't know
Hand on my waist, steady and slow
Nowhere to be, nowhere to go
Chorus
Follow the drum till the morning light
Bodies keep time, we don't need the sight
Follow the drum till the morning light
Skin knows the rhythm, holding on tight
Follow the drum till the morning light
Verse
Streetlamp flickers on the courtyard wall
Old speaker crackling but it says it all
Your breath falls into the hi-hat's beat
Gravel humming underneath our feet
Shirt sticks close where the night got warm
One shared pulse moving through the storm
Pre-Chorus
Clock on the wall gave up hours ago
Hips understand what the words don't know
Hand on my waist, steady and slow
Nowhere to be, nowhere to go
Chorus
Follow the drum till the morning light
Bodies keep time, we don't need the sight
Follow the drum till the morning light
Skin knows the rhythm, holding on tight
Follow the drum till the morning light
Bridge
No need to name it, no need to explain
The kick drum washing away the strain
Turn when I turn, lean when I lean
Nothing between us but the in-between
Sky going grey where the roofline ends
Still moving slow like the night won't end
Chorus
Follow the drum till the morning light
Bodies keep time, we don't need the sight
Follow the drum till the morning light
Skin knows the rhythm, holding on tight
Follow the drum till the morning light