Drumming the World Awake

Last night it rained and rained and rained
like it hadn't rained in too long
We'd prayed and prayed and prayed
And prayed and prayed for rain and
I'd grown afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid,
I'd have to leave this wonderful place
And I'd be gone, gone, gone,
Like the deep, blue skies and the star-filled nights
Of just ten years ago,
I'm afraid, I'm afraid of this haze,
In the sky and in the brains of whoever's in those planes
Someone explain, explain, explain,
So many questions remain.
I'm gonna talk to the Tiki
And the Tiki's got a drum.

We're taking it back to the first heartbeat
First consciousness, first woman,
First man, first child
We're taking it back to the strength
Emerging in the first separation of earth and sky,
Breath of life, dark and light, first Being, first Waking

There's a part of me that's always
Drumming the world awake.
There's a part of me that 's always
Taking a long, slow breath of life
There's a part of me that's always
Singing for the air and sky
There's a part of me that's always
Praying for steady gentle rain
Praying for steady gentle rain
Crisis of Consciousness!

We're taking it back, drumming it back,
Singing it back, talking it back,
Drum talk, Tiki talk
There's a part of me that's always
Drumming the world awake.
There's a part of me that 's always
Taking a long, slow breath of life
There's a part of me that's always
Singing for the air and sky
There's a part of me that's always
Praying for steady gentle rain
There's a part of me that's always
Learning the ways of aloha,
Walking in step with the aina,
Walking in step with my brother, sister,
My mother, father, grandmother, grandfather,
Walking in step with my uncles and my aunties,
Ohana Ohana, ohana, ohana, ohana, ohana, ohana,
Aumakua, ohana

Let's go down to the river and pray,
Let's go down to the ocean and play,
Let's go down to the river and play,
Let's go down to the ocean and pray
Because we're in a crisis of consciousness!

There's a part of me that's always
Drumming the world awake!
There's a part of me that's always
Taking a long, slow breath of life
There's a part of me that's always
Swimming in the Sacred Pools
There's a part of me that's always
Praying for steady gentle rain
Singing back the sandalwood
Praying steady
I'm gonna talk to the Tiki, and the Tiki's got a drum.