The Dance Never Left
They thought we stopped dancing
We didn't
We just got very good…
At carrying the music quietly
One breath
One step
Listen close…
The dance never left
We learned to move in smaller ways
A shoulder swaying by the kitchen light
A soft two-step through ordinary days
A hum that held the house at night
We carried songs without a sound
Kept them where the heart could hear
Now the hand drums touch the ground
And everything we kept is here
Don't call it lost
Don't call it gone
Some music learns to whisper…
And keeps holding on
The dance never left!
Never left, never left
It was living in our hands, it was hiding in our feet
One drum said "come closer"
And look who kept the beat!
We never lost the music…
The dance never left!
Who kept it? We did!
Where was it? Right here!
One breath! One step!
The dance never left!
There were days I could barely hear my own heart
Still it kept a rhythm in the dark
There were rooms that felt too small to sing
Still we swayed through everything
Now the fabric lifts around us, bare feet strike the ground
What was quiet wasn't empty… it was waiting for this sound!
Don't call it lost
Don't call it gone
Some music learns to whisper…
And keeps holding on
The dance never left!
Never left, never left
It was living in our hands, it was hiding in our feet
One drum said "come closer"
And look who kept the beat!
We never lost the music…
The dance never left!
There were mornings
When getting up
Was all the dancing I had left
One foot
Then the other
And that counted
Look at us now —
Still here! Still moving!
The dance never left!
Never left, never left
It was faithful through the winters, it was breathing through the rest
Now the room moves together, every heartbeat is a step!
We never left ourselves, honey…
And the dance never left!
Who kept it? We did!
Where was it? Right here!
Still here… still moving…
The dance never left
Neither did we
