Lyrics
The old Lennox unit on the roof of the Grant Park house
Had this shudder right before the cold air would rush.
Third week of July, the city a low-grade fever haze,
I learned the rhythm of its mechanical hush.
[Chorus]
And God, I hate that I miss the machine hum.
That low metal lung breathing for both of us.
[Verse 2]
You'd roll in the sheets, murmur, "Just the house settling, babe."
Braiding my worries into the dark you gave.
Now the quiet in this bungalow is a blade so clean,
It's scraping the paint off this new, unsteady scene.
[Chorus]
And God, I hate that I miss the machine hum.
That low metal lung breathing for both of us.
[Bridge]
Stupid to build a home inside a sound.
Crying for a current running under the ground.
[Outro]
Just the sound.
Just the hum.
About Witney Hooston
Witney Hooston was raised on St. Helena Island, learning melody from the Gullah spirituals sung on her grandmother's porch. She moved to Atlanta for love and music, building a life and career with her husband, David, before the partnership unraveled. Now, two years after their divorce, she writes and sings from a small bungalow in the West End, rediscovering her own voice. Her wedding ring is…
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