Ahskennon’nia by Kyra Shaughnessy Lyrics

In the beginning there was the word
Then came the light and the water and the world
Was called in to existence
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
Of silence

And the music that made this first sound
Left its imprint in the bodies that have handed it down and so
Everyday the world is called into being
In the chords and the harmonies we seek to find freedom and it is
Calling out our names
It is calling out our names
It is calling out our names
It is calling out our names, our names

Ahskennon’nia iye’s
Ahskennon’nia ihchie’s
Yawenda’
Yarahkwa’
Awen’
Satriho’tat
Tsatriho’tat
Kwatriho’tat
In the beginning there was the word
Then came the light and the water and the world
Was called in to existence
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
From the echo, from the echo, from the echo
Of silence

And the music that made this first sound
Left its imprint in the bodies that have handed it down and so
Everyday the world is called into being
In the chords and the harmonies we seek to find freedom and it is
Calling out our names
It is calling out our names
It is calling out our names
It is calling out our names, our names