[Intro: short buzzing synth drone, the crowd hums one note] (mmm… one note) [Verse] Every morning the city's humming, windows glowing like honeycomb, everyone in a cell of wax humming one note, the note of home. [Chorus: group chant, crowd humming] (Mmm) one note, (mmm) one home, (mmm) all together, (mmm) no one alone. [Verse] Walking in a beat that never ends, shoulder to shoulder, wing to wing, no one slows and no one asks who gets the honey, who the sting. [Chorus: group chant, crowd humming] (Mmm) one note, (mmm) one home, (mmm) all together, (mmm) no one alone. [Verse] Then this morning something cracked, my voice slipped half a tone, the whole hive turned its head, and for the first time I was home. [Chorus: group chant, crowd humming] (Mmm) one note, (mmm) one home, (mmm) all together, (mmm) no one alone. [Break: drums stop, solo voice, a cappella] The bee that stings, they say, will die, I keep the sting inside my throat, and through the streets, without a partner, drifts my one and only note. [Final Chorus: the beat returns, the whole band and the crowd shift up half a step] (Mmm) one note, (mmm) one home, (mmm) all together, (mmm) and tomorrow the whole city hums my own. [Outro: the crowd hums his note and fades] [Fade Out] [End]
