Lyrics

They asked if the light fades.

Look around.

We brought it with us.

Black room, gold light

One step, hearts rise

Soft cloth moving

Like the night came alive

Silver on my temples

Fire in my frame

I don’t chase the rhythm

The rhythm knows my name

Every fold is talking

Every color breathes

Every line upon my face

Knows how to move with me

When the deep drum calls me

I don’t need to explain

I step into the spotlight

The rhythm knows my name

Step to the left

Turn to the right

Hands in the air

Let the whole room light

Slow with the grace

Strong with the flame

Say it with me now

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Hands up, heart high

We came alive again

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Step slow, shine bright

We don’t move the same

Hey, hey

Let the room rise

Hey, hey

Let the years shine

When the deep drum calls me

The rhythm knows my name

Sister wears the sunrise

Brother wears the moon

Velvet starts to shimmer

When they walk across the room

Paper wings are turning

Beads are catching flame

Everybody glowing

When the rhythm calls their name

We are not a memory

We are not back then

We are right now dancing

We are life again

Let the young world hurry

Let the loud world race

We have got that deep-time joy

Written on our face

Step to the left

Turn to the right

Hands in the air

Let the whole room light

Slow with the grace

Strong with the flame

Say it with me now

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Hands up, heart high

We came alive again

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Step slow, shine bright

We don’t move the same

Hey, hey

Let the room rise

Hey, hey

Let the years shine

When the deep drum calls me

The rhythm knows my name

Look at the cloth when it moves.

Look at the light when it lands.

Nothing missing.

Nothing gone.

Every wrinkle found music.

Every year found its song.

Low drum, talk to me

Choir, answer back

I still got the fire

I still got the laugh

June light in the distance

Joy beneath my feet

Every step remembers

Freedom has a beat

Not trying to be younger

Not asking time to change

I wear what I lived through

And I dance without shame

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Hands up, heart high

We came alive again

The rhythm knows my name

The rhythm knows my name

Step slow, shine bright

We don’t move the same

The rhythm knows my name

Say it again

The rhythm knows my name

Say it again

Hey, hey

Let the room rise

Hey, hey

Let the years shine

When the deep drum calls me

The rhythm knows my name

Turn slow.

Shine bright.

The rhythm knows my name.