[Intro: Male]
[slow conga roll -> timbale flick, clave tap]
Hear the kundu, thunder on the sand, (conga hit)
Coast bilong PNG — salt on my hand. (snare break)
Guitar palm-mute, Kronos pulse alive,
Bilum on my shoulder, we ready fi drive.
[Verse 1: Male]
Salt wind from the bay, mountain spirit loud,
Village smoke, sago steam, chant under cloud.
War canoe print on river, Sepik low and wild,
We walk with old songs — rock and drum like a child.
[percussion: conga syncopation / clave under guitars]
[Pre-Chorus: Female (call) / Male (response)]
Female: Hear the drum? (short) [timbal slap]
Male: Ai hear em beat! (short) [snare crack]
Female: Come yumi bung — raise that bilum high! (short)
Male: Stomp, make laik thunder across the sky! (short)
[Chorus: Male & Female together — rally shout]
Faya Wara, stap strong (Kronos hit)
Ol pipol i kam yet (conga hit)
Gita cut, drums boom (snare / timbale)
Yumi stap, yumi go!
[Verse 2: Female]
Footsteps on the reef, surf sing against the stone,
Women weave the bilum — colours of home.
Taro smoke and mango sweet, mountain wind bring tales,
Metal strings like spear, Afro-Cuban sails.
[percussion cue: clave pattern, conga flam, palm-muted downstrokes]
[Pre-Chorus: Male (call) / Female (response)]
Male: Raise yu han! (short) [snare roll]
Female: Yu laik traem? (short) [conga slap]
Male: Rhythm olsem storian bilong we yet kam, (short)
Female: Answer with laif — beat, strike, and slam! (short)
[Chorus: Male & Female — tighter, punchy]
Faya Wara, stap strong
Ol pipol i kam yet
Gita cut, drums boom
Yumi stap, yumi go!
[Bridge: Male & Female trading, fast call-and-response]
Male: Snare break! (snare break)
Female: Conga hit! (conga hit)
Male: Clave tap, timbale fire — (clave tap / timbale)
Female: Gita scream, the shoreline higher! (guitar pinch harmonics)
Male: From Madang coast to the mountain top,
Female: We no stop, we no drop!
Male: Old ghost story, new drum cry,
Female: Yumi kam pas, yumi fly!
[Guitar Solo + Afro-Cuban Percussion]
[palm-muted gallop -> open-note scream, conga sync with double-kick]
[Chorus: Full band — anthem, singable metal shout]
Faya Wara, stap strong
Ol pipol i kam yet
Gita cut, drums boom
Yumi stap, yumi go!
[Post-Chorus (two-word rally, repeated like a chant)]
Faya Wara! (x4)
[Breakdown: Male]
Metal meets the reef — waves and riffs collide, (low growl)
Kronos heartbeat under sun, our pride.
Snare roll / conga flam / claves ring — tighten to a point,
Then female voice answers like a spear, a joint.
[Final Chorus: Male & Female — full grit, tight syllables]
Faya Wara, stap strong
Ol pipol i kam yet
Gita cut, drums boom
Yumi stap, yumi go!
[Outro: Female — softer, pidgin farewell with echo]
Catch the bilum, keep the fire long, [soft conga]
Kros na singaut, yumi wok wantok strong.
Faya Wara — na yumi singim, na yumi salim, (echo)
From coast bilong PNG to every island rim.
[final timbale roll -> distant kundu heartbeat fades]
