Asphalt Hum Hum (Version 2)

Intro

Asphalt hum hum (hum)

Vibrations rising through the floor (floor)

Midnight pressure on the skull (skull)

Bassline heavy, nothing dull (dull)

Verse 1

Cold mist hangs on the iron gate (gate)

Sub kick lands with an iron weight (weight)

Rubber meets gravel, friction sparks (sparks)

Pupils dilate in the yellow arcs (arcs)

Sodium vapor coats my teeth (teeth)

Low-end rumble underneath (neath)

Ribcage buzz like an engine block (block)

Second hands melt on the dashboard clock (clock)

Green tint visor, smoke in the throat (throat)

Heavy wet wool on a leather coat (coat)

Alleyways narrow, neon cuts (cuts)

Pressure in the jaw when the trap door shuts (shuts)

Shaking the mirror, shaking the frame (frame)

Strip down the reflex, lose the name (name)

Cable wire hums in the humid air (air)

Static crawling through the tangled hair (hair)

Chorus

Asphalt hum hum, bass in the bone (bone)

Tires bite the tar, mind turns to stone (stone)

Asphalt hum hum, bass in the bone (bone)

Tires bite the tar, mind turns to stone (stone)

Verse 2

Wet black pavement, mirror sheen (sheen)

Pulse rates drop in the kerosene (seen)

Oil slick rainbow under the shoe (shoe)

Night press down till the red turns blue (blue)

Jaw clenched tight to the eight-o-eight (eight)

Tunnel wall bends in an altered state (state)

Zero degrees on the rusted rail (rail)

Steam blows white like a copper trail (trail)

Nerve ends flicker on the concrete slab (slab)

Needle on the dial in the yellow cab (cab)

Senses sharpen on the broken curb (curb)

Signal cuts out, not a single word (word)

Heart hits tempo with the low trunk rattle (rattle)

Breath rings loud like a hollow kettle (kettle)

Shadows stretch out fifty feet long (long)

Everything dissolves in the rumble song (song)

Chorus

Asphalt hum hum, bass in the bone (bone)

Tires bite the tar, mind turns to stone (stone)

Asphalt hum hum, bass in the bone (bone)

Tires bite the tar, mind turns to stone (stone)

Bridge

Ground shakes hard, no brake line left (left)

Frequency rising, a sensory theft (theft)

Metal and marrow locked in sync (sync)

Gone past the limit, unable to blink (blink)

Tunnel lights smear to a single white streak (streak)

Subwoofer thudding too heavy to speak (speak)

Blood in the temple, electric rush (rush)

City goes silent inside of the crush (crush)

Pavement vibrates into my chest (chest)

Northbound avenue, zero arrest (rest)

Eyes fixed straight on the empty lane (lane)

Low frequency washes away the brain (brain)

No past, no future, only the grid (grid)

Darkness drops on the heavy lid (lid)

Motor drone steady, thirty past four (four)

Drop the clutch down into the floor (floor)

Outro

Asphalt hum hum (hum)

Bass in the bone (bone)

Asphalt hum hum (hum)

Darkness home (home)

Static cuts out (out)

Kill the zone.