Lyrics
The old Philco on Peralta Street went quiet Tuesday, 3:17 AM.
Now there’s just the cold linoleum on my socks, and the hum inside my head.
Every house has got a carrier wave, a low-frequency testament.
I'm tracing the wiring with my thumb, trying to find where the signal went.
[Chorus]
Just static where the hum should be.
A faulty ground between you and me.
Yeah, static where the heart should be.
[Verse 2]
The window above the sink still frames the power lines in the same way.
"Don't you touch that dial," she'd say, "the reception's fragile today."
I told her I'd get the vacuum tube from Sears, swore I'd make the trip.
But the signal went intermittent, just a slow and final blip.
[Chorus]
Just static where the hum should be.
A faulty ground between you and me.
Yeah, static where the heart should be.
[Bridge]
This ain't a eulogy, it's a diagnostic for the dead air.
This kind of silence is a hostile act, a current I can't repair.
[Outro]
Static where the hum should be...
(Countermelody hums the missing carrier tone)
A faulty ground.
About Sly Stoney
Sly Stoney was named after a funk legend by his parents, a fact that has haunted him ever since. After dropping out of an Urban Planning program at UC Davis, he moved back to his native West Oakland with a mountain of student debt, a 1972 fuzz bass, and an oversized houseplant named Larry. His music is the sound of that decision: paranoid, joyful, deeply funky, and wrestling with the feeling of…
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