Behind the Beat

Cold open,

I'm talking with the lights down low;

Night shift thoughts in the afterglow;

I let the silence ride,

I don't need to rush;

Every little star got a velvet touch;

I've been moving slow, but

I'm still in motion;

Carried by the current of a half-lit ocean;

I don't chase the noise,

I let it fade;

Heart on my sleeve, but the words stay made;

A little worn out, still

I find my way;

In the hush of the dark where the real ones stay;

I'm behind the beat, but

I'm right on time;

Saw spoken truth in a crooked rhyme;

Let the baseline breathe, let the old pain ease;

I'm a slow burn spark in the midnight breeze;

Behind the beat where the shadows lean;

Same old soul with a new routine;

If the wild gets loud,

I move like steam;

Easy in the dark, living half a dream;

Rose in the room got a warm kind of glow like a faded photograph;

Moving real slow, guitar on the edge with the sweet little bend;

Sounding like a memory I can't quite mend;

I've been learning peace in the mind to keep;

Making room for the parts of the night and me;

No grand confession, just a steady stream;

A small town hurt and a big city dream;

I don't chase the noise,

I let it fade;

Heart on my sleeve, but the worst they made;

A little worn out, still

I find my way;

In the hush of the dark, where the real ones stay;

I'm behind the beat, but

I'm right on time;

Song spoken root in a crooked rhyme;

Let the baseline breathe, let the old pain ease;

I'm a sober spark in the midnight breeze;

Behind the beat where the shadows lean;

Same old soul within the routine;

If the world gets loud,

I'll move like steam;

Easy in the dark, living half a dream;

Maybe I was built for the late night lane;

Where the healed up cracks still hold the grain;

I don't need much, just a steady flame;

And a beat that lets me say my name;

No halo shine, just a human heart;

Tryna keep it whole in a fractured heart;

I'm behind the beat, but

I'm right on time;

Sauce pourin' soup, then I cook it fine;

Let the baseline breathe, let the old pain ease;

I'm a sober spark in a midnight breeze;

Behind the beat where the shadows lean;

Same old soul with a new routine;

If the world gets loud,

I move like steam;

Easy in the dark, livin' half a dream;

So I let it roll, let the feelings stay;

Fade in the cold and drift away;

Behind the beat I find my peace;