Log drum is rolling, stepping into time

Verse 1

Red coals breathing by the corner wall

Bass drops heavy through the open hall

You tap your heel on the red clay brick

Dust on your ankle where the rhythm sticks

No talking now in the crowded space

Lantern swinging low across your face

Pre-Chorus

You lean in close, I take the cue

The drum rolls out between me and you

Can you feel the heat pull off the floor

Can you feel the weight of one step more

Chorus

Smoke signals rising between your skin and mine

Log drum is rolling, stepping into time

Smoke signals rising, drifting in the dark

We let the rhythm finish what we start

Verse 2

Shirt sticking wet to the center spine

Two shadows bending on an open line

You move two inches to the left of me

Shoulder brushing shoulder by the lemon tree

Zinc roof vibrating in the midnight air

Nothing to say that isn't already there

Pre-Chorus

You lean in close, I take the cue

The drum rolls out between me and you

Can you feel the heat pull off the floor

Can you feel the weight of one step more

Chorus

Smoke signals rising between your skin and mine

Log drum is rolling, stepping into time

Smoke signals rising, drifting in the dark

We let the rhythm finish what we start

Bridge

Feet on the ground, chest to the sound

Nobody speaking, the circle is found

Cool wind passing through the narrow gate

The groove is patient, the groove can wait

Chorus

Smoke signals rising between your skin and mine

Log drum is rolling, stepping into time

Smoke signals rising, drifting in the dark

We let the rhythm finish what we start