Lyrics

Spirits To The Fire

[Intro]
Hey-ya hey-ya
Hey-ya hey-ya ho
Ho-ya ho-ya
Ho-ya hey-ya ho (hey!)

[Verse 1]
Smoke climbs
Kissing the red sky
Grandmother stirs the coals
Says
“They are close tonight”
Bare feet
Dust in a slow dance
Children chasing sparks
Old ones start to smile

[Chorus]
Spirits to the fire
Come and take your place
Circle made of laughter
Circle made of grace
Spirits to the fire
Drums call out your names
Come home
Come higher
Dance in our small flames (ho!)

[Verse 2]
First clap
Echo on the hillside
Big voice cracks the dark
Rolling like a storm
Flutes sing
Over the deep ground
Heartbeats in the hands
Every chest is warm

[Chorus]
Spirits to the fire
Come and take your place
Circle made of laughter
Circle made of grace
Spirits to the fire
Drums call out your names
Come home
Come higher
Dance in our small flames (hey-ya)

[Bridge]
We sing you in
We sing you in
From river
Rock
And pine
We sing you in
We sing you in
Your old road meets our time
We sing you in
We sing you in
Our breath
Your ancient song
We sing you in
We sing you in
All night our hearts stay strong (ho!)

[Chorus]
Spirits to the fire
Come and take your place
Circle made of laughter
Circle made of grace
Spirits to the fire
Drums call out your names
Come home
Come higher
Dance in our small flames

[Outro]
Hey-ya hey-ya
Hey-ya hey-ya ho
Home side by side
Round the ember glow
Hey-ya hey-ya
Hey-ya hey-ya ho
Spirits at the fire
We are one below (hey!)