Lyrics

The Old Ways Still Remember
Lyrics by Drew Dale

Verse 1
The wind still carries stories
Of the ones who walked before
Their footprints in the red dust
Are the maps I can’t ignore
I hear them in the gum trees
When the night is sinking low
And the old ways still remember
More than we were meant to know

Chorus
’Cause the land keeps every heartbeat
Every whisper, every name
And the stories that were hidden
Still rise up through the flame
I can feel them walking with me
In the dust and in the ember
And the truth lives on forever
’Cause the old ways still remember

Verse 2
There’s a strength inside the silence
Where the past was tucked away
But the echoes keep on calling
Till the heart knows what to say
I’m learning from the shadows
How to stand and how to see
That the old ways still remember
What they passed down into me

Chorus
’Cause the land keeps every heartbeat
Every whisper, every name
And the stories that were hidden
Still rise up through the flame
I can feel them walking with me
In the dust and in the ember
And the truth lives on forever
’Cause the old ways still remember

Bridge
And the firelight is burning
With the stories of our line
Every lesson, every heartbeat
Carried forward through time
I’m a voice among the many
But I’m standing in their grace
And the old ways still remember
Every footprint in this place

Final Chorus
’Cause the land keeps every heartbeat
Every whisper, every name
And the stories that were hidden
Still rise up through the flame
I can feel them walking with me
In the dust and in the ember
And the truth lives on forever
’Cause the old ways still remember

Outro
Yeah, the old ways still remember
And they’re walking here with me

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