Verse
Tin roof humming, water tank shakes
Bass climbs the ladder my grandmother made
Corrugated iron, moonlight and rust
Every rivet holding the hum in trust
Rooftop washing line swaying slow
Speaker stack glowing three floors below
Sternum catching what the subwoofer throws
Old breath moving through my elbows
Pre-Chorus
Something climbs the water pipe
Rattling in the dark
Feel it landing in my chest
Waking up the spark
Chorus
Ancestors in the bassline
Ancestors in the bassline
Riding low, riding slow
Ancestors in the bassline
Verse
Taxi rank silent, gate locked tight
Speaker cone still warm from tonight
Steel drum echo where the choir once stood
Same low frequency in my blood
Stairwell concrete, painted number nine
Grandfather's footsteps keeping time
Every floor a room they used to fill
Bass in the walls, they're dancing still
Pre-Chorus
Something climbs the water pipe
Rattling in the dark
Feel it landing in my chest
Waking up the spark
Chorus
Ancestors in the bassline
Ancestors in the bassline
Riding low, riding slow
Ancestors in the bassline
Bridge
I am the tin that carries the sound
I am the wire, I am the ground
Every low note finds its way home
Nobody dances, nobody's alone
Chorus
Ancestors in the bassline
Ancestors in the bassline
Riding low, riding slow
Ancestors in the bassline
