Behind the Beat

Cold open, no curtain,

I just step in the frame;

City lights on my shoulders, but they don't know my name;

Got that quiet kind of fire, never playing it loud;

Moving slow through the pressure like

I'm drifting through a cloud;

Thoughts in the pocket where the night can't reach;

Let the low end talk for me, let the road set the speech;

I've been learning how to groove when the world gets heavy;

By the pocket like a weight;

Calm, smooth, steady;

I'm behind the beat;

But I'm right on time;

Soft knock in the dark;

With a laid back mind;

Heart in the base;

And it puts in the line;

No rush, no front;

Just slow and wide;

I'm behind the beat;

Better carry me home;

Warm like a glow when the cold winds blow;

Little scars in the vinyl, little cracks in the plan;

Still I make a whole song from the dust in my hand;

Mellow guitar bends like a memory fading;

Every note

I don't say is another one waiting;

I keep my thoughts in the pocket where the night can't reach;

Let the low ends talk for me, let the roads tell the speech;

I've been learning how to breathe when the world gets heavy;

Grab the pocket like a wave comes through;

Steady, I'm behind the beat, but

I'm right on time;

Soft knock in the dark with a laid-back mind;

Heart in the base and the truth in the line;

More rush, no front, just slow on one;

I'm behind the beat, let it carry me home;

Going like a blow when the cold winds blow;

Let the room goes quiet;

I don't need to chase it;

Let the silence lean in;

Let the midnight shape it;

Eyes begin to draw;

Let the edges stay warm;

Something real in the grave;

Something honest in the storm;

But I'm right on time;

Rock block in the dark with a laid-back mind;

High in the bass and the truth in the line;

No rush, no fraud, just a slow unwind;

I'm behind the beat, let it carry me home;

Warm like a glow when the cold winds blow;

No intro, just a pulse in the breath;

Mellow in the margins, leaning into peril;

I fade with the crew, but

I'm never alone;

Just a soft little echo in the undertone;