[male vocals] Intro
I
live
never
dieing,
never
ceasing
Immortal,
divine,
Godlike,
eternal
me
They
told
me
death
is
an
ending,
A
door
that
closes
in
the
night,
But
my
grandmother
told
me
different,
By
the
fire,
twinkling
soft
moonlight.
Ma
said
my
child,
you
are
older
than
your
mother,
Older
than
the
river,
older
than
the
sea,
What
breathes
inside
you
is
not
borrowed,
It
is
the
ancient
that
chose
to
be
free.
Pre-Chorus
I
am
not
this
skin,
I
am
not
this
name,
I
am
the
traveler
wearing
both.
Been
high,
been
low,
lived
across
lands
and
forms
oh
oh
oh
oh
Chorus
The
soul
never
dies,
it
only
forgets
its
wings,
Then
remembers
again
when
Osun
sings!
I
have
lived
before,
I
will
live
again,
In
the
eyes
of
my
child,
I
will
rise
again!
Obatala
moulded
me,
but
he
did
not
make
my
light,
My
light
was
with
Edumare,
before
day
and
night!
So
do
not
weep
for
me
when
I
lay
down,
I
am
not
gone...
I
just
changed
my
gown.
Me,
immortal
me,
I
live
on
for
all
time
Verse 2
We
call
it
Atunwa,
the
return
of
the
river
to
itself,
The
Okra
does
not
die,
it
goes
home
to
weigh
itself.
Before
the
court
of
my
Ori,
my
inner
god,
Before
Orunmila,
who
saw
my
path
from
afar.
I
did
not
come
to
this
earth
to
be
perfect,
I
came
to
remember
who
I
am,
Every
scar
is
a
scripture,
every
love
is
a
prayer,
That
my
Emi,
my
soul,
wrote
with
her
own
hand.
Chorus
The
soul
never
dies,
it
only
changes
its
skin,
Like
the
moon,
it
wanes,
to
wax
again!
Ogun
keeps
my
journey,
Yemoja
keeps
my
tears,
Esu
watches
the
crossroads
of
all
my
years!
I
have
been
a
slave,
I
have
been
a
king,
I
have
been
a
woman
with
no
voice
to
sing,
A
man
without
class
and
a
king
immortalized
And
yet
I
am
here!
I
am
still
here!
Because
eternity
lives...
in
here.
[touch chest] Bridge
The
chicken
will
forget
the
hawk,
but
the
soul
never
forgets
its
source.
A
river
that
forgets
its
spring,
will
dry
up
by
force.
The
white
cloth
of
Obatala
is
not
my
funeral
shroud,
It
is
the
cloud
I
wore
before
I
fell
as
rain.
And
Oya,
do
not
mourn
me
with
violent
wind,
Just
dance
me
home
with
gentle
wind,
Back
to
the
great
calabash,
back
to
Ile-Ife
of
spirit,
Where
all
souls
are
one,
and
yet...
still
different.
THE
SOUL
NEVER
DIES!
OH
IT
NEVER
DIES!
It
only
goes
to
sleep
in
other
eyes!
When
you
see
me
in
my
daughter's
smile,
That
is
me...
after
a
little
while!
Orunmila
said
it,
before
time
began,
The
soul
is
a
circle...
with
no
end!
So
love
me
now,
and
love
me
then,
For
I
will
love
you...
again
and
again!
I
will
love
you...
again
and
again!
Chorus
The
soul
never
dies,
it
only
forgets
its
wings,
Then
remembers
again
when
Osun
sings!
I
have
lived
before,
I
will
live
again,
In
the
eyes
of
my
child,
I
will
rise
again!
Obatala
moulded
me,
but
he
did
not
make
my
light,
My
light
was
with
Edumare,
before
day
and
night!
So
do
not
weep
for
me
when
I
lay
down,
I
am
not
gone...
I
just
changed
my
gown.
Me,
immortal
me,
I
live
on
for
all
time
Outro
I
never
left...
I
never
left...
How
can
I
Made
of
the
fabrics
of
divinity
How
can
it
end
I
am
still
here...
Atunwa...
Atunwa...
I
live
on
eternally