Hold the Hum 2 (Version 2)

Verse

Steam curls off the coffee cup

Your fingers brush the back of mine

A single beat in the crowded room

The same slow hum that we find

Paper thin and warm as skin

We're not loud but our bodies lean

In towards a silence we share

I feel it building like a tide

Before I can even see your face

It's just this one low sound we make

That finds its way beneath the noise

You don't say a word but I know you feel

This is what it means to be here with you

The heat from the cup, our arms so close

Nothing more than this quiet hum we move

I'm not lost in all of these strangers' eyes

Just steady and warm as your low hum

Chorus

Hold the hum

Don't let go

This is us

Right here in the noise

Every single beat that we keep

Is a little bit more than what it seems

So hold the hum

Don't let go

Keep it slow

And never let it fade away

Just this one low sound that we make

That finds its way through all of this

Into something warm and steady as our hearts

Verse

Cups on the table start to empty out

We're not moving fast but I know you're here

I don't need your voice to feel this in my chest

Just the way that you lean against me when it's quiet

Your breath is a low note and mine matches it neat

In this crowded room we're two slow hums

Not loud enough for anyone else to hear us

But somehow they feel all the more real because of it

I don't need words to know exactly what you mean

Just hold on tight and keep on humming this same line

This is our own little low-key symphony

That only we can see and only we can find

Every single one of these strangers fades to black

As long as I'm right here with your warm hum, nothing else matters at all

So keep it steady, keep it slow, keep on humming this way

And maybe someday they'll hear us too in their hearts

Chorus

Hold the hum

Don't let go

This is us

Right here in the noise

Every single beat that we keep

Is a little bit more than what it seems

So hold the hum

Don't let go

Keep it slow

And never let it fade away

Just this one low sound that we make

That finds its way through all of this

Into something warm and steady as our hearts

Bridge

No need for words

We already speak

In this quiet language we only use when the crowd is thin

It's not a loud voice or even a shout

Just two slow hums that find each other in the dark

Every single one of them might be moving fast

But I'm right here with your low humming heart

And nothing else matters more than where we're at

Chorus

Hold the hum

Don't let go

This is us

Right here in the noise

Every single beat that we keep

Is a little bit more than what it seems

So hold the hum

Don't let go

Keep it slow

And never let it fade away

Just this one low sound that we make

That finds its way through all of this

Into something warm and steady as our hearts