Skeletons Know My Name

We laugh with the kalikas in the dead of night

Tap the heel, catch the spark, let the sorrow take flight

Got a grin on my face and a crack in my stare

If grief comes knocking, we turn it into air

Spin the marrow of the moon into a ringing parade

Every tear on the floor is a rhythm we made

I wear my shadow like I'm living in the sun

When the drums go wild, baby, we all come undone

Hey, hey, hear that brass cut through the rain

Trouble tried to chain us, but we danced out the pain

From the cemetery corner to the market square

We lift up the broken like we do not care

Kaleidos lads back with their heads all bright

Saying, life is a spark, faking our dance tonight

So we stomp, so we sway with our hands in the sky

Turn the ache to a chorus and the fear to a high

Ha, ha, dancing away

Skull and bone, we celebrate

Ha, ha, dancing away!

Grief turns to gold when the horns play

We laugh with the kalakas, we dance with the dead

Rebellion in our feet and a wild heart ahead

No sorrow can hold us, no silence can stay

We're alive in the fire of the sky parade

Ha-ha, dancing away

Skull and bone, we celebrate

Ha-ha, dancing away!

Laugh with the dead and dance all day