Verse 1
Red coals glowing in the iron drum
Bass shakes the brickwork, here it comes
Sweat on your collar, cedar in the smoke
You shift your weight before a word is spoke
Two steps left on the tamped-down clay
You pull my sleeve, you look away
Pre-Chorus
Feel the shaker tap
Feel the wooden slap
Is it in your chest
Is it moving yet
Chorus
Smoke signals rising slow
Dust on our feet below
You don't need a word to say what you know
Smoke signals rising slow
Verse 2
Grey ash drifting on a copper cup
Nobody talking while the groove builds up
Shoulder to shoulder where the courtyard bends
This is where the speaking ends
Your fingers touch the open air
I take the step, I meet you there
Pre-Chorus
Feel the shaker tap
Feel the wooden slap
Is it in your chest
Is it moving yet
Chorus
Smoke signals rising slow
Dust on our feet below
You don't need a word to say what you know
Smoke signals rising slow
Bridge
Hold the breath in, let the timber breathe
Nothing to ask for, nothing to leave
Just the red glow under our shoes
Nothing to say that we could lose
Chorus
Smoke signals rising slow
Dust on our feet below
You don't need a word to say what you know
Smoke signals rising slow