When Shamans Dance

Frostbitten lungs, Tunguska sky!
Deer-skin drum, beating the lie!
Chukchi wind gnaws the spine,
Spirits howl in frozen time!

Savannah heat, cracked clay ground!
Zombie dust, the snake is crowned!
Voodoo rattle, syncopated dread,
Nails in the coffin, pound the head!

Feathers, ash, and burning weed...
Twisted tongues to plant the seed...
Do you hear the frequencies?! HA!

WHEN SHAMANS DANCE! (The earth breaks in two!)
WHEN SHAMANS DANCE! (They’re coming for you!)
From the pole to the sun, the ritual's begun!
Madness in a trance!
WHEN SHAMANS DANCE!

Aztec knife, obsidian gleam!
Bloody glyphs, a fractured dream!
Quetzal coils, rattlesnake shake!
Reality bends—for fuck’s sake!

"So... you think the drum is just a drum?
You think the rattle is just a baby’s toy?
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Listen to the overtones, you primitive bastard...
It’s the frequency of your skull collapsing."

They shake the world!
(Boom!)
They break the seal!
(Boom!)
The Northern Light!
(Boom!)
The Serpent's bite!

WHEN SHAMANS DANCE! (The sky turns to glue!)
WHEN SHAMANS DANCE! (There's nothing you can do!)
Siberian spice, Mexican vice!
Punching holes in circumstance!
WHEN SHAMANS DANCE!
WHEN SHAMANS DAAAAAAAAAANCE!

"Bones... rattling... bones..."