Lyrics

Painted Fire

Verse 1]
Smoke on the clay
We paint our faces
Red lines, black hands
For the ones we raise

Mothers at the fire
Children in the lodge
We stand at the edge
With our hearts awake

[Pre-Chorus]
Spirits, hear us now
Stand with our feet
Spirits, hear us now
Guard what we keep

We lift our names
To the cold sky
We lift our names
We will not hide

[Chorus]
Painted fire!
Painted fire!
Save our home!
Save our kin!

Painted fire!
Painted fire!
We will stand
We will win

(Painted fire!)
(Painted fire!)

[Verse 2]
Dust on the path
Tracks near the river
We sharpen our songs
Till the night runs thin

Old ones in dreams
Hold the drum high
We speak to the wind
And the storm within

[Pre-Chorus]
Spirits, hear us now
Stand with our feet
Spirits, hear us now
Guard what we keep

We lift our names
To the cold sky
We lift our names
We will not hide

[Chorus]
Painted fire!
Painted fire!
Save our home!
Save our kin!

Painted fire!
Painted fire!
We will stand
We will win

(Painted fire!)
(Painted fire!)

[Bridge]
If I fall, let me fall
By the line I keep
If I fall, let me fall
With my people free

One more prayer
One more cry
One more chance
For the children tonight

[Final Chorus]
Painted fire!
Painted fire!
Save our home!
Save our kin!

Painted fire!
Painted fire!
We will stand
We will win

Painted fire!
Painted fire!
Hear our drums
Shake the land

(Painted fire!)
(Painted fire!)
(Paint our faces!)
(Paint our faces!)

David Rose