The Hum

Further from a tiger everyday

When the world's trying to take all your crazy away

But you were not invented, you were pulled from the womb

And when you were in there, you heard a tune

Hmmmmm

Further from a lover everyday

When the world tries to take the erotic away

But somebody's out there, tonight in the crowd

The moment they hear you, they're gonna turn you up loud

There's bass in your bloodline and your heart is a drum

We're all caught on the E line wherever it runs

You're not a machine, don't let it go numb

There's a tune that you knew before you were you

Hold on to the hum

When you're under the water, when you're at your church

Tangled with a lover, or deep in your work

Alone in the desert, looking up at the stars

With friends on a bender, at the back of the bar

Hmmmmm

When you give a dollar, to the guy on the street

Let go of the self talk, and let yourself eat

Whenever you're laughing, or forget to tweet

You're not being foolish, you're just learning the beat

There's bass in your bloodline and your heart is a drum

We're all caught on the E line wherever it runs

You're not a machine, don't let it go numb

There's a tune that you knew before you were you

Hold on to the hum

And I can feel as they try

To build up a mall in the fields of my mind

But I, am closing my eyes

'Til I hear the hum and I sing along

Cause I know the rhymes and then I'm alright

So somebody's missing, the tune is off-key

And the room feels too quiet where their voice should be

If you sit for a moment maybe you'll find

A distant humming you recognize

Hmmmmm, Hmmmmm, Hmmmmm, Ahhhhhh

And when you are flowers and when you are rain

You'll pick up your voice and you'll start singing again

In the wind in the mountains in the crackling fire

There's a tune that you knew before you were you

Now you sing in the choir