Verse 1
Orange light fading on the garden tin
Evening cool settling into the skin
You leave your shoes by the wooden gate
Step into the circle where the shadows wait
No words moving in the quiet space
Just the low wood rolling in the chest and face
Pre-Chorus
Feel the cool earth, feel the slow pull
Sky turning purple, evening full
Catch the low note, let the breath fall
Nothing between us and the soil at all
Chorus
Bare feet steady on the open ground
Heartbeat rolling with the log drum sound
Cool earth breathing as the sun goes down
Bare feet steady on the open ground
Verse 2
Dust settles quiet on the curve of your heel
Sweat drying slow from the tempo we feel
Fingers brush my forearm, easy and light
Marking the measure for the coming night
Two shapes swaying as the shakers pass
Dry wind humming in the yellow grass
Pre-Chorus
Feel the cool earth, feel the slow pull
Sky turning purple, evening full
Catch the low note, let the breath fall
Nothing between us and the soil at all
Chorus
Bare feet steady on the open ground
Heartbeat rolling with the log drum sound
Cool earth breathing as the sun goes down
Bare feet steady on the open ground
Bridge
Stars wake up where the amber died
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Rooted in the marrow, settled in the bone
We find our balance on the dusty stone
Chorus
Bare feet steady on the open ground
Heartbeat rolling with the log drum sound
Cool earth breathing as the sun goes down
Bare feet steady on the open ground
