Black Snakes

Our skin tied over the drum

An elder's eyes into the woods did run

Children tied into the drum

A newborn's tears with the river did run

Eagle crying over the drum

An ancient seed smiles into the light of the sun

While Medusa's head of black snakes

Tears through the loss and what remains

Praying as dogs snap between labor pains

Empty-words spoken again and again

The Sacred Hoop broken that we're trying to mend

So, we'll split the light in two, we'll split the light in two

We'll split the light in two, we'll split the light in two

We'll split the light in two, we'll split the light in two

We'll split the light in two, we'll spit the light in you

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne-o-a

Our men within the drum

Spirit ladder, starlight the rungs

Women feeding the drum

Planting kernels of corn, awakening has begun

Wolf crying over the drum

Ancient seeds smile into the light of the sun

While Medusa's head of black snakes

Tears through the loss and what remains

Praying as dogs snap between labor pains

Empty-words spoken again and again

The Sacred Hoop broken that we're trying to mend

So, we'll split the light in two we'll split the light in two

Split the light in two, we'll split the light in two

We'll split the light in two, we'll split the light in two

We'll split the light in two, we'll spit the light in you

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne

Ya-na-we-na-he-ya-wa-na-he-ne-o-a