Verse
Coal drum glowing by the taxi rank
Sparks climb up past the wire fence
Old man's hand still stirring embers
Same fire since I don't know when
Grandmother's shawl smells like woodsmoke
Passed to me before the cold
Every ember holds a story
Older than the ones we're told
Pre-Chorus
Feel it moving through my shoulders
Feel it settle in my knees
Heat remembers every gathering
Long before these city streets
Chorus
Bodies remember the fire
Bodies remember the fire
Feet still burning
Bodies remember the fire
Verse
Concrete warm beneath my sneakers
Circle forming, hand to hand
Sparks and voices rise together
Nobody needs to understand
Same flame lit in every township
Same flame passed from yard to yard
Something ancient in the rhythm
Something none of us can guard
Pre-Chorus
Feel it moving through my shoulders
Feel it settle in my knees
Heat remembers every gathering
Long before these city streets
Chorus
Bodies remember the fire
Bodies remember the fire
Feet still burning
Bodies remember the fire
Bridge
Not a memory, it's marrow deep
Not a story, it's the coal
Every hand that fed this burning
Still moves through my own
Chorus
Bodies remember the fire
Bodies remember the fire
Feet still burning
Bodies remember the fire
