[Intro]
Ancient wood and broken strings
Gathering dust in time's dark wings
Grandfather's secret left behind
Ten years old when I would find
[Verse 1]
In the storage room that day
Broken oud just tucked away
Missing strings but still she calls
Through these old mud-brick walls
Memories dance like desert sand
Stories flowing through my hands
[Chorus]
Dust and echoes, sacred bones
Desert wisdom in these tones
Allah knows the songs we lost
But spirit moves at any cost
Through the cracks of what remains
Our blood still flows in ancient veins
[Verse 2]
City grows with steel and stone
But desert spirits find their home
In the spaces in between
Where my people's songs still scream
Like a caravan at night
Keep on moving towards the light
[Bridge]
Hammer strikes the city frame
But our music stays the same
Though the strings are torn and frayed
Still these melodies are played
In the whispers of the wind
Where our stories never end
[Chorus]
Dust and echoes, sacred bones
Desert wisdom in these tones
Allah knows the songs we lost
But spirit moves at any cost
Through the cracks of what remains
Our blood still flows in ancient veins
[Outro]
Ten years old, I understand
Music flows like desert sand
Cannot hold it in your hand
But it shapes this sacred land