Ancestors on the Floor (Version 2)

Verse

Concrete floor worn smooth by a thousand soles

Speaker stack shaking loose the window frames

Streetlight cuts through the chalk dust hole

Someone's grandmother taught me this same name

Sweat drops falling where the old paint peels

Bassline climbing up through my knees

My feet find grooves that the floor still feels

Footprints layered like old family trees

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel who danced here before me

Pressed right into the grain

Every heartbeat keeps the story

Moving through my veins

Chorus

Ancestors on the floor, moving with me

Ancestors on the floor, setting me free

Feet on the same ground, hands to the sky

Ancestors on the floor, never say goodbye

Verse

Corner store lights flicker red and blue

Warehouse windows fogged with breath and heat

This floor held prayers before it held the crew

Now it holds the rhythm of my feet

Someone's father spun right where I stand

Someone's daughter learned to move this way

I press my palm against the strangers hand

Same floor, different night, same say

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel who danced here before me

Pressed right into the grain

Every heartbeat keeps the story

Moving through my veins

Chorus

Ancestors on the floor, moving with me

Ancestors on the floor, setting me free

Feet on the same ground, hands to the sky

Ancestors on the floor, never say goodbye

Bridge

I don't need a name to know the weight

I don't need a face to feel it clear

Just the floor beneath, the hour late

Just the proof that they were here

Chorus

Ancestors on the floor, moving with me

Ancestors on the floor, setting me free

Feet on the same ground, hands to the sky

Ancestors on the floor, never say goodbye